Congress is weighing Medicaid spending cuts of up to $880 billion or more over the next 10 years, but the reductions are expected to be a major headwind for hospitals, where 26% of inpatient visits are paid for by Medicaid,…
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In a field often centered around men’s health, one cardiology leader is bringing awareness to an often overlooked pregnancy-associated cardiovascular condition. Nandita Scott, MD, is director of Mass General Brigham Women’s Heart Health Program and co-director of Massachusetts General Hospital’s…
The national risk-standardized payment for a 30-day episode of care associated with hospitalization for heart attack was $28,355 between July 1, 2020, and June 30, 2023, according to CMS data released April 30. The national risk-standardized payment for a 30-day…
New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health has expanded cardiovascular care at its Northwell Greenwich Village Hospital through the opening of a new cardiac catheterization suite. The cath lab and a new inpatient unit are set to open in the summer,…
Avalon, Calif.-based Catalina Island Health received $3 million in one-time funding to help keep its doors open. Catalina Island Health is the island’s only source of emergency medical care for residents, workers and more than 1 million annual visitors, according…
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While breast cancer incidence increased between 2018 and 2022, mortality rates for women ages 20 to 49 declined significantly between 2010 and 2020, according to new research presented April 29 at the American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting. Researchers…
Facing federal funding uncertainty, a looming workforce shortage and an increasingly aging patient population, cancer center leaders in the U.S. remain undeterred. Their focus remains, as it has for decades, on one mission: to push cancer research and clinical care…
Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente laid off 38 California employees across multiple locations April 21, according to multiple WARN notices. The positions were primarily business function-related and do not provide patients direct care, a spokesperson for Kaiser said in an April…
Though Boston Scientific brought in $4.66 billion in revenue for the first quarter of 2025, up 20.9% year over year, the medical devicemaker is bracing for a potential $200 million hit in the second half of the year stemming from…
West Palm Beach, Fla.-based HCA Florida JFK North Hospital has expanded its interventional services department with the addition of diagnostic cardiology care. The department also offers interventional radiology, vascular surgery and interventional oncology services, according to an April 23 news…