Without a formal extension before the government shutdown, the flexible telemedicine reimbursement policies introduced in 2020 that removed regional barriers for Medicare patients have officially ended.

The next-generation Watchman device is designed to better seal off complex LAA anatomy in a variety of LAA shapes and sizes.

"The key question isn't just whether a device works, but whether it makes procedures more efficient and provides physicians with a more predictable tool for treating patients with complex arterial disease," explained co-principal investigator Venita Chandra, MD, clinical professor of surgery at Stanford Health Care.

Martha Gulati, MD, co-chair on a new joint scientific statement from the Heart Failure Society of America and the American Society for Preventive Cardiology, discusses the dire need she sees to boost prevention efforts for heart failure.

Universal Health Services was found by a jury to be liable for fraud in an alleged scheme to destabilize Saint Mary’s during the COVID-19 pandemic. The ruling includes punitive damages.

The model integrates structured EHR data spanning patient characteristics, cancer treatment, vitals, lab results, medications and prior acute care utilization to determine an individual’s risk of requiring urgent care throughout the course of their treatment.

Yes, even frail HFpEF patients see significant benefits when treated with semaglutide. Researchers believe these new data may help ease the minds of cardiologists everywhere.

Evinacumab-dgnb, sold by Regeneron under the brand name Evkeeza, can now be used to treat homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia in much younger patients.