The move will save the Medicare $6 billion in just one year, an announcement from the Biden administration said.

Stewardship Health, a group represented by 3,500 doctors, will be sold to Rural Healthcare Group, owned by private equity firm Kinderhook Industries.

Carlyle Group will be the new owner of Vantive, once the sale finalizes in early 2025.

Dana Smetherman, MD, MBA, outlines a possible remedy for the growing number of these roadblocks in the specialty. 

Physicians using the Paradise Ultrasound Renal Denervation system from Recor Medical or Symplicity Spyral Renal Denervation system from Medtronic will soon be eligible for a much more significant reimbursement when treating Medicare patients in an inpatient setting. 

A new report from the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) found bankruptcies in healthcare continue to follow private equity buyouts.

Cardiologist Dan Blumenthal, MD, MBA, explains how changes in Medicare payments will greatly impact cardiology in the years ahead. In just a few short years, the business side of cardiology could look substantially different than it does today. 

Novolink Health, previously known as Duxlink Health, has a decade of experience treating high-risk, high-cost patients from the comfort of their own homes. It will now function as a division within Florida-based Cardiovascular Associates of America.