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This channel includes news on cardiovascular care delivery, including how patients are diagnosed and treated, cardiac care guidelines, policies or legislation impacting patient care, device recalls that may impact patient care, and cardiology practice management.

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Sahil A. Parikh, MD, Director of Endovascular Services at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and Associate Professor of Medicine at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, explained the growing trend or interventional cardiologists treating PAD and CLI. He shares what he thinks is important for cardiology departments to know before expanding expanding their programs in this space.

What do interventional cardiologists need to treat PAD and CLI?

Sahil Parikh, MD, director of endovascular services at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, said treating these patients can be quite challenging. 

CMS not changing ALZ drug restrictions

The announcement comes as more Alzheimer’s drugs are being evaluated with hopes that some new treatments could be breakthroughs.

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Humana to leave commercial insurance in favor of government programs

Humana plans to pull out of the commercial insurance space over the next 18 to 24 months.

New patient-specific heart models could change how cardiologists make treatment decisions

The 3D-printed models are soft, flexible and can mimic the way a patient's heart may respond to different interventions. 

More than 100 healthcare groups unite in support of prior authorization reform

The AMA and 118 other healthcare groups are urging CMS to finalize reforms that target prior authorization in Medicare Advantage plans that delay, deny and disrupt medically necessary care to patients.

UnitedHealth Group closes $5.4B acquisition of LHC Group

UnitedHealth Group has closed its $5.4 billion acquisition of home health care giant LHC Group, the company confirmed in a new filing.

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More hospitals are complying with price transparency law

Even as progress is being made, some lawmakers want to increase penalties on hospitals that do not comply. 

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Millions unaware they will lose Medicaid coverage when COVID-19 PHE ends

In a survey by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation from December 2022, 64.3% of adults in Medicaid-enrolled families were unaware of the resumption of Medicaid renewals in the future.

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