July 25, 2016 — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it expects to launch its new Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating system to report on quality of care at hospitals shortly.

July 26, 2016 — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed the creation of new bundled payment models for patients who have a heart attack or undergo coronary artery bypass surgery. Several medical societies released statements on the proposed models, including the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC).  

UltraSPECT Inc. announced recently that Robert Wood Johnson Physician Enterprise (RWJPE), a multi-specialty, community-based physician group in Central New Jersey, implemented UltraSPECT’s Xpress3.Cardiac solution at four of their sites.

CardioKinetix Inc. announced this week that 500 patients have received the company’s Parachute Ventricular Partitioning Device for heart failure. Patients have been treated in more than 15 countries, including patients in key international markets where the device is commercially available, and patients enrolled in PARACHUTE IV, the company’s U.S. pivotal trial under investigational device exemption (IDE).