Medicare’s Hospital Insurance (HI) Trust Fund has the wherewithal to pay the full bill for beneficiaries’ stays in hospitals, hospice sites and skilled nursing facilities for the next 12 years. But what then? 

Jeffrey Kuvin, MD, one of the leading voices behind efforts to create a new Board of Cardiovascular Medicine, spoke with Cardiovascular Business about where things stand today.

The decision is "a direct consequence of Wall Street private equity vultures looting our healthcare system,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Monday. 

The health system employs 40,000 people and cares for more than 12 million patients in eight states.

Medicare Administrative Contractors have “consistently denied coverage" for CT cerebral perfusion analysis, used to assess for signs of stroke. 

A survey of physicians by the American Medical Association reveals that many practices are still losing revenue and struggling to make payroll as a result of the Change Healthcare hack.

A lawsuit filed in federal court claims the state is detaining mentally ill and disabled patients without due process or proper access to treatment.

Hospital employment models, reimbursement policies and private equity have all led to a massive reduction in the number of cardiologists working for a private practice, ACC President Cathie Biga, MSN, told Cardiovascular Business.