Pfizer is considering selling its cardiology, urology and primary care treatments, Bloomberg reports.

During the fourth quarter of 2016, Boston Scientific’s sales increased 11 percent to $2.19 billion compared with the same time period in 2015, while its full-year sales for 2016 increased 12 percent to $8.84 billion compared with the previous year.

Older adults with fewer risk factors for cardiovascular disease had lower all-cause and cardiovascular disease-related inpatient, outpatient and total healthcare expenditures, according to an analysis of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries.

A cardiologist in Long Island was sentenced on Jan. 31 to five years in prison on arson, weapon, drug and conspiracy charges, Newsday reports.

The approval of two new Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes acknowledges echocardiographic myocardial strain imaging and myocardial contrast perfusion echocardiography as emerging technologies, often a necessary step before a code is promoted to payable status.

Many medical practices aren’t leveraging the full potential of their physician assistants (PAs) and nurse practitioners (NPs) and aren’t capitalizing on reimbursement for their services. As a result, practices may be leaving money on the table and missing opportunities to improve productivity, efficiency and quality of care.

Legislation that would allow advanced practice providers (APPs) to supervise cardiac rehabilitation under Medicare has been bottled up in Congress for several years. But for many in the healthcare field, the larger issue is how to optimize the skills and talents of APPs across the cardiovascular service line given the changes unfolding in the delivery of patient care.

Attendees at the first day of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Cardiovascular Summit & Leadership Forum received “a big dose of MACRA,” said Howard T. Walpole, Jr. MD, MBA, course director and vice president of Clinical Effectiveness at Northeast Georgia Health System in Gainesville.