No other heart or transplant services at the nonprofit hospital should be impacted by this temporary shift in care. 

Scott Gottlieb, MD, will take on the new position “effective immediately.” UnitedHealth Group did not say what, if any, steering committee the former FDA lead will sit on. 

"These provisions are contained in what amounts, in many cases, to contracts of adhesion, because a physician’s only choice is to accept the terms of the contract without revision or else forgo employment," the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions wrote to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

Krista Nelson made the official announcement on LinkedIn. She replaces Patrick Conway, MD, CEO of the broader Optum, who had held dual roles. Nelson has been with UnitedHealthcare since 2017.

Such contract clauses are illegal in the state. However, physicians at St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth said they’re being pressured to sign them or face dismissal. 

With the U.S. Senate passing a funding agreement to reopen the federal government, the House of Representatives will now have a chance to make changes—though there’s little chance this particular amendment will succeed.

With eight Democrats agreeing to the Republican-backed deal that reverses the firings of federal workers, the Senate now has the 60 votes needed for the bill to advance. The rehirings will include the 1,200 workers fired at the Department of Health and Human Services. 

From 2013 to 2022, the percentage of rads submitting breast care claims to Medicare dropped from about 47% down to 34%.