Updated 8:10 p.m., May 10, 2010. Atricure Inc. (NASDAQ: ATRC), the maker of cardiac surgical ablation systems, has received a conditional nod from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a hybrid procedure to treat patients with persistent forms of atrial fibrillation. The hybrid procedure “represents a key growth […]
The Cleveland Clinic plans to spend a whopping $848 million on renovations and construction of its health system this year, in addition to looking for more ways to expand nationally and internationally, Dr. Delos "Toby" Cosgrove, the Clinic's president and chief executive, said during his State of the Clinic speech Thursday morning. The spending plans come at a time when the Clinic is beginning to feel the effects of the recession.
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Dr. Delos "Toby" Cosgrove, chief executive of the Cleveland Clinic, talked with Fortune's Geoff Colvin about why healthcare reform won't lower America's medical costs, his decision not to hire smokers, suddenly becoming a CEO after 30 years as a surgeon, and much more.
Despite several challenges in 2009--like a Department of Justice investigation and related whistle-blower lawsuit--AtriCure Inc. advanced toward profitability, added regulator approvals for its cardiac surgical ablation systems and developed new avenues of growth.
AtriCure Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $3.76 million to settle claims that it promoted its surgical ablation devices for unapproved uses and participated in medical insurance fraud.
The non-partisan budget group has projected what effect the Senate health bill, if passed, would have on Americans' insurance premiums. The answer is "not much."
Canada has a proud history of achievement in the areas of science and technology, and the field of biomanufacturing and life sciences is no exception.
AtriCure Inc. said today that it has tentatively settled a whistle-blower lawsuit with the Department of Justice so that it can concentrate on newly launched technologies, as well as on clinical trials to bring more new products to market. Investors pushed up AtriCure stock by 18 percent in early afternoon trading.
AtriCure had tied much of its future success to the AtriClip. Minimally invasive product revenue has fallen at AtriCure in part because of a change in techniques among physicians that's not compatible with some of the company's products. The AtriClip accommodates the "single clamp" approach. Plus, the company thinks this device can also be used for open-heart procedures.
Dr. Toby Cosgrove, the Cleveland Clinic's chief executive officer, took to CNBC on Thursday night with a fat-friendly message on obesity and wellness.
"During the past weeks, I participated in several forums where the focus has shifted from healthcare reform to the subject of obesity," Cosgrove stated in a memo to staff. "My objective was to spark discussion about premature causes of death, but some of my comments were hurtful to our community. That was certainly not my intent, and for that I apologize."
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
Physicians and the public agree with with Cleveland Clinic CEO Toby Cosgrove that personal responsibility needs to be a factor in the health-care debate. But has his provocative talk on obesity gone too far?
The Cleveland Clinic was health-reform neutral when President Barack Obama came to town a few weeks ago to hold a town hall meeting on efforts to reform the nation's health care system. But Clinic President and CEO Dr. Toby Cosgrove now is taking a stand, saying he's concerned that the reform debate has narrowed to health insurance rather than the entire health-care system, according to an interview published in Newsweek on Friday.
A long-debated medical merchandise mart will be built on the site of The Sportsman restaurant on St. Clair Avenue in downtown Cleveland. "I don't think there is a bump in the road that can dislodge us from future progress," Medical Mart Properties Inc. President Christopher Kennedy told a City Club of Cleveland forum on Monday.
CNN's State of the Union host and chief national correspondent John King went inside the Cleveland Clinic for online and broadcast reports on the next generation of health care in America.