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3 new cardiology ASCs

Cardiology is the fastest-growing ASC specialty, according to Avanza’s “2022 Key ASC Benchmarks and Industry Figures” report. Here are three newly opened or announced cardiology ASCs and one new telehealth offering, as reported by Becker’s in April:&nb…

4 hospitals, systems seeking chief quality officers

Below are four hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that have recently posted job listings for chief quality officers. 

Tufts Medicine partners with digital workforce platform

Boston-based Tufts Medicine has partnered with digital workforce platform meQuilibrium to help its workforce with emotional health and well-being. 

MetroHealth joins new data research network

Cleveland-based MetroHealth System is joining the Guardian Research Network, a national consortium of healthcare organizations that uses a data collection and warehousing system to gather information on hundreds of thousands of patients.

Gastro Care Partners taps news CEO

Denver-based Gastro Care Partners, a provider of gastroenterology services in Colorado and Wyo., has added David Pyle as its new CEO. 

Connecticut Children's COO named MACPAC vice chair

U.S. Comptroller General Gene Dodaro appointed Connecticut Children’s Medical Center Executive Vice President and COO Robert Duncan to serve as vice chair of the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission.

Couple receive $15M malpractice settlement from Boston Children's

A Massachusetts couple have reached a $15 million settlement — one of the largest in state history — with Boston Children’s Hospital following the death of their 6-month-old son in 2022, according to an April 29 report from The Boston Globe.

Northwest Health blocks sale of half-finished Indiana medical office building

In 2018, construction began on a 45,000-square-foot medical office building in Valparaiso, Ind., but five years later, the structure remains half finished, according to a May 1 report from NWITimes.

MSK taps former MD Anderson leader to serve as chief strategy officer

New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has tapped Anaeze Offodile, MD, to serve as chief strategy officer, effective May 1. 

California physician pays $24M to settle Medicare, Medicaid overbilling allegations

A California plastic surgeon will pay $23.9 million to settle allegations his practice submitted false claims to Medicare and Medicaid.