The panel that advises Congress on Medicare issues recently outlined proposed changes designed to better align hospital outpatient and physician office payment rates. Could this signal a reversal in hospitals acquiring cardiovascular practices?

The American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association have opened enrollment for Get With The Guidelines-AFIB.

The American Medical Association designated obesity as a disease June 18 at its annual meeting in Chicago despite opposition from a council that assessed the issue.

Fisher-Titus Medical Center and The Bellevue Hospital today announced an affiliation with Cleveland Clinic's Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart & Vascular Institute. The affiliation will bring world-class heart care to area residents and provide greater access to Cleveland Clinic’s academic, clinical and research best practices in cardiovascular and thoracic care.

In a video and article in the New York Times, Bill Nye the Science Guy explains the motivation for starting his television crusade to inspire children about science and his initiative to take on naysayers of developments such as global warming. His goal? To change the world.

Chamber music or full orchestra? Both provide a rewarding, but different, experience. Last week the Cardiovascular Service Line Symposium in Atlanta provided an experience akin to chamber music, with a program full of interactive presentations.

ATLANTA—Integration can have its highs and lows, even in a good relationship. Leaders from Austin Heart in Texas and St. David’s HealthCare offered an example of each June 12 at the Cardiovascular Service Line Symposium in Atlanta.

ATLANTA—Healthcare systems struggle under what one strategist sees as a chaotic period of “uber-change.” One way to make progress within this mayhem is to apply standardization and structure.