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Trinity Health performs 200th minimally invasive heart surgery
Steubenville, Ohio-based Trinity Health System has performed its 200th minimally invasive heart surgery, according to an Oct. 9 report from the Herald-Star.
Foothill Cardiology buys medical office building for $11.3M
Pasadena, Calif.-based Foothill Cardiology Medical Group has purchased a medical office building for $11.3 million, according to an Oct. 9 report from L.A. Business First.
New Jersey ASC completes 300th total joint replacement
Wayne, N.J.-based Elite Surgical Center completed its 300th robotic total joint replacement procedure Oct. 8.
Bad news for CVS Health
CVS Health, one of the biggest players in the battle to acquire physicians, is facing a possible split amid major financial struggles.
2 California residents charged in $54 million Medicare fraud scheme
Sophia Shaklian of Los Angeles and Alex Alexsanian of Burbank, Calif., were arrested on an indictment alleging that they planned to defraud Medicare out of more than $54 million.
The IV supply crisis: What ASCs need to know
Amid the fallout from Hurricane Helene, hospitals across the nation are conserving IV fluids.
SightMD taps 2 specialists
Hauppauge, N.Y.-based SightMD has added two ophthalmologists, Paul Svitra, MD, and Kevin Vo, MD, to its team.
Virginia physician pleads guilty to illegal drug distribution, money laundering
An emergency medicine physician from Annandale, Va., has pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute more than 7,000 oxycodone pills, 34,000 milliliters of hydrocodone-chlorpheniramine solution and 107,000 milliliters of promethazine-codeine solution.
Are business skills the ticket to reclaiming physician autonomy?
Physicians are interested in leadership roles, but many do not have the business skills to support that ambition.
North Carolina physician, practice to pay $625K to settle kickback allegations
A physician in Landis, N.C., and his medical practice have agreed to pay $625,000 to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act from their involvement in a laboratory kickback scheme.
