The sustainable growth rate (SGR) is toast. Now the real work begins.

With the “doc fix” behind them, cardiology's advocates are ready to move onto other important issues. “Now we can really start talking about how we implement rewarding quality of care and switching from volume to quality,” said Peter Duffy, MD.

During the first quarter of 2015, the uninsured rate for adults in the U.S. was the lowest since Gallup and Healthways began tracking the data in 2008.

The Senate passed legislation to permanently repeal the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula just hours before a 21.1 percent cut in the Medicare physician fees was scheduled to occur. The move was cheered by leading cardiology societies, which for many years had advocated for change.

April 15 is a big day. If you haven’t finished your taxes, then you may have two deadlines to worry about.

Having atrial fibrillation increases the cost of stroke hospitalization in younger adults by $4,905, with patients between 18 and 54 years old incurring the highest cost, according to a study published online April 7 in Stroke.

Medicare Advantage payments to health plans will increase an estimated 1.25 percent next year, according to a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rate announcement and call letter published on April 6.

A company that provides outpatient cardiac monitoring agreed to pay $6.4 million to settle a case of what one federal official called “abusive billing practices.”