Increasing access to plain drinking water in school cafeterias throughout the U.S. could prevent 570,000 children from becoming overweight or obese and save $13.1 billion in medical costs and indirect societal costs, suggests a new study in Pediatric Obesity.

Herbert D. Aronow, MD, MPH, discussed with Cardiovascular Business how to align financial incentives between physicians, hospital administrators and other stakeholders, and how collaboration could lead to success under MACRA.

A noninvasive technology that allows clinicians to view a simulated, three-dimensional model of a patient’s coronary blood flow will be reimbursed by CMS beginning in 2018, HeartFlow announced Nov. 6.

A leading cardiology organization gave mixed reviews of CMS’s final rule regarding the 2018 Quality Payment Program (QPP).

In Mexico, where more than half of the population doesn’t have access to private health insurance, physicians are successfully recycling donated pacemakers to patients in need, the European Society of Cardiology reported this week.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is taking steps to revoke its health claim that soy protein protects the heart—a move that would be a first for the organization.

Doctors may not be sticking to their own guidelines—four in 10 healthcare workers who come down with the flu continue to work in spite of their symptoms, a new study published in the American Journal of Infection Control reports.

Abiomed has reported second quarter revenue of $132.8 million, a 29 percent increase from the same period last year. Net income was reported at $24.5 million compared to $8.9 million for the prior year period.