Medicare Advantage covers a disproportionate share of disadvantaged senior citizens compared with traditional fee-for-service Medicare, yet the former bests the latter on some key outcomes metrics.

Researchers say their new analysis, based on five years of U.S. data, highlights just how important it is to keep post-TAVR PPMI rates to a minimum. 

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

The 57-year-old father of two is still in good health decades after receiving a new heart. 

In the absence of federal laws to address violence against healthcare workers, most state legislatures have taken up the cause on their own.

The Department of Justice spent a substantial amount of time and energy targeting healthcare fraud in 2023, according to a new 80-page report. Some of the year's biggest settlements involved cardiac surgery and cardiac imaging. 

The procedure, performed on Feb. 14, was part of an early feasibility trial developed with help from the FDA.

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.