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10 of the most lucrative jobs in healthcare administration for 2026

A Nexford University blogger set out to find the best bets for college students making career plans in healthcare. The research led to medical director in the No. 1 slot. (Wait. What?)

The leaders of the new Adams Valve Institute at Mount Sinai are Ismail El-Hamamsy, MD, PhD, director of aortic surgery and director of the Adams Valve Institute (left), and David H. Adams, MD, the Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Professor and chair of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine, and cardiac surgeon-in-chief of the Mount Sinai Health System.

Mount Sinai announces new global center focused on heart valve disease

The Adams Valve Institute—named after David H. Adams, MD—plans on uniting specialists to provide high-quality care, promote innovation and advocate for policy reform.

Video interview with Ronald Crystal, MD, chair, Department of Genetic Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, presented late-breaking findings on a first in-human, virus-delivered gene therapy trial to stop cardiomyopathy death in patients with Friedreich Ataxia (FA). #ACC #ACC26

New gene therapy may help protect the hearts of patients with Friedreich's ataxia

A majority of deaths from Friedreich's ataxia are associated with heart complications. A new treatment years in the making could provide some much-needed relief.

Widow of man killed in New York MRI accident sues radiology providers

Keith McAllister, 61, died after he was allegedly summoned into the MRI suite to help his wife and then sucked into the scanner by a heavy neck chain.

Hologic hires former Baxter International chief as next CEO

José E. Almeida is taking over the top role at the Massachusetts-based breast imaging vendor, replacing retiring longtime leader Steve MacMillan.

Radiology pushes for $45M to fund federal physician burnout program

ACR and numerous others recently wrote letters to both the U.S. House and Senate, urging them to support the Lorna Breen Mental Health Act.

Siemens Healthineers partnership seeks to boost supply of novel PET imaging agent

The imaging manufacturer is partnering with Radiopharm Theranostics to make and distribute RAD101, geared toward brain cancer.

With pro bono legal help, hospital workers ‘send union bosses packing’

Employees at a 130-bed hospital whose home state lacks right-to-work protections are now free to work without having to join a powerful union that had sought to represent them.

Bristol Myers Squibb will pay $350M-plus to add prostate cancer imaging agent

Subsidiary RayzeBio has inked a definitive deal to license the worldwide rights for the drug from Philochem, a Swiss biotechnology firm.

healthcare insurance fraud scam scheme legal lawsuit

Fraud prevention expert charged with over 167 suspected incidents of healthcare fraud

Faranak Firozan, 47, is a cybersecurity expert at Nvidia who regularly spoke on the topic of “cyber laundering.” Prosecutors in California allege she submitted fraudulent medical claims to an employer-sponsored insurance plan, bilking Cigna out of $100,000.

Fugitive doctor sentenced in absentia for $1.5M Medicare fraud scheme

Sixty-one-year-old Lilit Gagikovna Baltaian, MD, is on the run after being convicted of fraudulently billing Medicare alongside co-conspirators at home health agencies. A federal court in California sentenced her to 54 months in prison.

FDA issues recall of Philips interventional imaging system due to safety risks

A communication error within the system can reportedly cause loss of imaging functionality mid-procedure.

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10 of the most lucrative jobs in healthcare administration for 2026

A Nexford University blogger set out to find the best bets for college students making career plans in healthcare. The research led to medical director in the No. 1 slot. (Wait. What?)