Capital Cardiology Associates, a partner practice of Cardiovascular Logistics, has appointed Kevin Longacker as COO. Mr. Longacker has more than 20 years of experience in the healthcare, manufacturing and technology industries, focusing on financial leadership, operational transformation and strategic growth,…
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Greensburg, Pa.-based Independence Health System has opened a cardiology services facility, including an outpatient anticoagulation clinic, according to a June 11 report from the Latrobe Bulletin. The facility will also feature an interventional cardiology suite, a cardiac surgery suite, a…
Cam Patterson, MD, chancellor of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, is stepping down as leader of the academic health sciences university. Dr. Patterson, a cardiologist by trade, began his chancellorship in June 2018. He will…
The University of Miami Health System UHealth cardiology program has added UHealth Doral, a new cardiology clinic. Ralph Nader, MD, a cardiologist with more than three decades of experience, will provide care at the practice in Doral, Fla., according to…
An Optum Health cardiology center in Mount Kisco, N.Y., has moved into a new building, according to a June 5 report from The Examiner News. The new facility includes updated technology, streamlined patient care, upgraded referral systems and has double…
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Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic Medical Group has created a cardiology medical practice with two locations in Pennsylvania. Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic Medical Group Cardiology will serve the communities of St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne, Pa., and Nazareth Hospital in Philadelphia, according…
Two physicians at the University of Cincinnati Health have completed the first implant of a fully tissue-engineered tricuspid valve in Ohio, WLWT reported June 8. Christiano Spadaccio, MD, and Antonio Panza, MD, both professors within UC College of Medicine’s cardiac…
Physicians at the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute completed the world’s first robotic transcatheter aortic valve replacement explant and aortic valve replacement. The procedure was performed by Vinay Badhwar, MD, executive chair of the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute; cardiac…
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center’s cardiac surgery program has earned a three-star rating from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. The three-star accolade is the highest awarded by the STS, according to a June 5 news release. Penn…
In 2019, a landmark CMS ruling opened the door for ASCs to receive Medicare reimbursement for certain angioplasty and stenting procedures. Since then, the number of cardiology procedures occurring in the outpatient setting has continued to grow. A recent study…