Prescriptions for heart failure medications take two to six times longer to fill if insurance companies require prior authorization, a new study found. The study, published in JACC: Advances, used electronic health records, pharmacy fill and neighborhood-level data from a…
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When Gabriel Wallace, MD, medical director of vascular surgery for Northwestern Medicine’s Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, South Region, joined the system in 2023, he had only one dream: to build a vascular care program. In two years, he realized it. Dr.…
New Haven, Conn.-based Yale University School of Medicine is piloting a clinic that offers mental health services inside its cardiology clinic, Medscape reported March 16. In February 2025, Yale started the Yale Medicine Heart and Vascular Psychology and Wellbeing Clinic.…
Patients with obesity and atrial fibrillation have lower readmission and mortality rates if they start taking GLP-1 drugs after an ablation, a recent study found. The study, published March 16 in JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology, analyzed electronic health records from over…
A recent Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine study found men develop cardiovascular disease earlier than previously thought. The study, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, used data from the “Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study,” which followed…
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Field Medical, a medtech company improving care for complex cardiac arrhythmias, has appointed Mark Turco, MD, as CEO. Dr. Turco is an interventional cardiologist with more than three decades of leadership experience, including roles at venture-backed cardiovascular startups and medical…
Susan Nicolson, MD, an attending anesthesiologist at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, received the 2026 Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society Lifetime Achievement Award on March 12. The award recognized Dr. Nicolson for a career that “defined standards of care […] and shaped…
Phoenix-based Tri-City Cardiology and three physicians have agreed to pay $4.75 million to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act by performing medically unnecessary vein ablations, the Justice Department said in a March 12 news release. The settlement resolves…
Arizona lawmakers are considering three bills that would require hospitals to provide additional protections against long-term radiation exposure risk for clinicians, AZMirror reported March 12. The legislation comes in reaction to increased cancer rates among cardiovascular interventionalists. Studies show these…
Naples (Fla.) Comprehensive Health is founding an advanced heart failure and transplant program. The program builds on the success of the NCH Rooney Heart Institute, which has been recognized as one of the nation’s leading cardiac care programs, according to…