If hospitals with higher infection rates for heart surgery patients reduced rates, they could prevent about 2,600 infections annually and reduce Medicare spending by $441 million, Michigan Medicine researchers found. The study, published Aug. 6 in The Journal of Thoracic…
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Only five heart hospitals earned five-star ratings for both overall hospital quality and patient experience. Becker’s compared CMS’ Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey, which captures patients’ experiences during a recent hospital stay, with the agency’s Overall…
The Cardiac PET Alliance launched as a physician-led organization dedicated exclusively to advancing cardiac positron emission tomography imaging, protecting patient access, and educating policymakers, physicians and patients. The alliance represents more than 1,200 cardiologists across 101 cardiovascular group practices operating…
HeartSine Technologies recalled 11,912 HeartSine samaritan PAD automated external defibrillators because an intermittent fault can render the devices inoperable. The Class II recall covers HeartSine SAM 350P, SAM 360P and SAM 450P models, according to an FDA notice posted Sept.…
Nashville, Tenn.-based Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt will rename its heart program after receiving a $40 million gift from philanthropist Tom Golisano. The gift is part of a $225 million commitment Mr. Golisano made to six children’s hospitals…
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CMS released its final Medicare National Coverage Determinations for TAVR on Sept. 10. CMS wants to “streamline and update requirements related to pre-procedural patient assessments, intraoperative requirements and operator and hospital procedural volume requirements,” it said in its June proposal. …
Beaumont, Texas-based Christus Health is expanding its vascular program. The program offers comprehensive care with services that include advanced imaging, minimally invasive procedures and complex surgical interventions to prevent complications, according to a Sept. 10 system news release shared with…
Dubuque, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health-Finley is reducing cardiac procedure hours due to lack of demand and hiring struggles, ABC affiliate KCRG reported Sept. 10. Starting Sept. 14, the hospital will provide cardiac procedures between 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through…
Heart failure is the most expensive heart condition treated in hospitals, a Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project report found. The report, published February 2026, used 2022 data from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project…
Miami-based Nicklaus Children’s Hospital Heart Institute is one of the first in the U.S. to successfully perform a Fontan procedure using a transcatheter-based approach on a child. The two-year-old child was born with a double-outlet right ventricle, according to a…