Five cardiology and one radiology advocacy groups have called on Elevance Health to review its latest coverage guidelines for the treatment of varicose veins. The insurer’s guidelines, published April 16, categorize the use of endovenous cyanoacrylate closure during varicose vein…
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New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and UnitedHealthcare have reached a multi-year agreement that ensures the health system will remain in network for commercial members. Memorial Sloan Kettering and UnitedHealthcare confirmed the deal was reached July 1, the…
Cancer care is among the most resource-intensive and strategically complex service lines in modern healthcare. In response to rising cancer incidence, workforce challenges and shifting patient expectations, health systems are rethinking how and where they deliver oncology services. From urban-adjacent…
The Sarah Cannon Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program at Las Vegas-based Sunrise Health’s MountainView Hospital has opened an outpatient facility to provide advanced blood cancer care. The Day Hospital, located on the MountainView Hospital campus, houses six exam rooms, six…
Burlington, Mass.-based Tufts Medicine has tapped Don Dizon, MD, as system chief of hematology-oncology for the cancer service line for Tufts Medicine. Dr. Dizon has also been named the Jane F. Desforges, MD, Chair in Hematology and Oncology at Tufts…
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The U.S. heart attack mortality rate has dropped by 89% in the past 50 years, according to data published June 25 in the Journal of the American Heart Association. At the same time, death rates from other types of heart…
Data science and AI continue to make healthcare headlines because of their potential to change everything from how drugs are developed to revolutionizing information workflows. One area where we anticipate opportunities for significant impact is in the field of operations…
In June 2024, Children’s National Hospital appointed Wayne Franklin, MD, as senior vice president of its Heart Center. Just one year into his tenure, the hospital’s cardiac team achieved a milestone: performing the world’s first partial heart transplant to replace…
It will take creative solutions and sustained cooperation to meet the needs of our rural populations. Between 2005 and 2023, nearly 150 rural U.S. hospitals either closed or stopped admitting patients. Of them, 81 shuttered completely. The Center for Healthcare…
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network, a coalition of 33 leading U.S. cancer centers, has rolled out a digital navigator for its clinical practice guidelines. The new tool delivers frequently updated cancer care guidelines on an interactive, virtual platform, according to…