Researchers at the Mayo Clinic designed and validated an algorithm using billing codes that accurately identifies people with peripheral artery disease (PAD) in a community-based sample.

Budget legislation tops the Senate’s docket this week after the House of Representatives agreed to give the sustainable growth rate (SGR) issue a three-month reprieve. Here is a look at how that is likely to affect cardiology if the Senate follows suit.

Using standardized protocols during dedicated emergency department (ED) observation visits may be cheaper and result in shorter stays and fewer admissions, according to a study published in the December issue of Health Affairs.

Hospitals’ all-cause 30-day readmission rates dipped below 18 percent in a preliminary analysis of the first eight months of 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on its blog.

Physician offices are poised to achieve double-digit net profit margins in 2013, according to a preliminary analysis of privately held companies. Physician offices ranked among the most profitable and general medical and surgical hospitals among the least profitable healthcare-related industries.

This week, Leapfrog Group published the names of top hospitals based on its assessment of quality metrics. For what purpose?

The Senate Finance Committee will meet Dec. 12 to review legislation to repeal Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula.

Cardiovascular technologists and technicians and MR imaging technicians ranked among the top 50 fastest growing occupations in the U.S. in a projection through 2017.