Hauppauge, N.Y.-based ophthalmic group SightMD has added two new specialists in Amityville and Garden City, N.Y. Daniel Jones, MD, and Catherine He, MD, are both surgeons with extensive training and ...

VA St Louis Healthcare System's cardiology team has performed the hospital's first implants of the new Watchman FLX Pro left atrial appendage closure device. The cardiology team was led by Army ...

Getinge's anesthesia management solutions arm has struck a partnership with Meditech's Alliance program. The partnership aims to provide anesthesia teams with advanced tools that streamline workflows, ...

As physician practices and ASCs face rising costs and declining reimbursements, many are forced to shutter — Becker's has reported on five ASC closures so far in 2024.

Gastroenterologist Eric Shah, MD, at Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan led the study, which found that only 17% of patients pay nothing for their bowel preparation for screening colonoscopy and ...

Husband and wife John Johnson, MD, and Paula Johnson, MD, of Hollidaysburg, Pa., were sentenced for conspiracy to defraud the U.S. and healthcare fraud conspiracy. In 2016, Dr. John Johnson entered ...

The ASC industry is historically fragmented, but slowly consolidating as practice costs soar. Nearly 2,000 ASCs are now partnered with a national operator — indicative of a shifting ownership ...

Tallahassee (Fla.) Memorial HealthCare's Panama City Beach, Fla.-based medical office building is adding cardiology and pulmonary care, according to a Sept. 22 report from the Panama City News Herald.

Trident Medical Center has begun work on a new medical office building in North Charleston, S.C., according to a Sept. 23 report from CBS affiliate WCSC-TV. Trident is demolishing a former building to ...

Physicians in the mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. are the unhappiest with private-payer reimbursement rates, according to Medscape's 2024 "Physician-Private Payer Relationship Report," published Sept.

Family medicine physician Gustaco Villarreal, MD, will close his practice in Laredo, Texas, on Nov. 1, Laredo Morning Times reported Sept. 20.

Optum is the parent company of Deerfield, Ill.-based ASC chain SCA Health, which has a portfolio of more than 320 ASCs and 9,200 physicians. Optum Ventures, the venture capital arm of Optum, is ...