Category Archives: Cardiology

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Board Review Cardiology-5 HEART MURMURS: Overview- Valsalva, Standing, HandGrip etc Quick videos on MUST KNOW topics for the Internal Medicine Boards. It will be also very useful for the USMLEs and Medical Students rotating through medicine.... By: Doc Khan … Continue reading →

Your Doctor apr 13 Part 1(Interventional Cardiology) Dr.Paul.S.Thoppil from NMC. By: MY NTV UAE … Continue reading →

By FRED CONNORS - Senior Staff Writer , The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register Dr. Devender Batra and Belmont Cardiology Inc. of St. Clairsville will pay a $1 million penalty for violations involving fraudulent Medicare claims. U.S. Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld II said Batra and Belmont Cardiology will pay the fine after causing East Ohio Regional Hospital and Ohio Valley Medical Center to submit fraudulent claims to Medicare from January 2009 to August of 2010, in violation of the Federal False Claims Act. The settlement ends an investigation into improper compensation arrangements between Batra, East Ohio Regional Hospital and Ohio Valley Medical Center. The arrangements with Batra and Belmont Cardiology led the hospitals to submit false claims for prohibited referrals for various health services in violation of Federal law. "These types of prohibited referrals are a significant problem and led to increased health care costs for everyone," Ihlenfeld said. "Medicare expects that a physician's referral of a patient to a hospital will be free from improper influences, and when it's not we will act to hold the wrongdoers accountable." The investigation arose after the U.S. Attorney's Office resolved claims against East Ohio Regional Hospital and Ohio Valley Medical Center for entering … Continue reading →

Board Review Cardiology-2 CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION AND SCANS, Indications, Types Quick videos on MUST KNOW topics for the Internal Medicine Boards. It will be also very useful for the USMLEs and Medical Students rotating through medicine.... By: Doc Khan … Continue reading →

Board Review Cardiology-3 Pulmonary artery catheterization, Indications, Interpretation, Examples Quick videos on MUST KNOW topics for the Internal Medicine Boards. It will be also very useful for the USMLEs and Medical Students rotating through medicine.... By: Doc Khan … Continue reading →

Sports and Exercise Cardiology: Boom Times for CV Specialists and Athletes Christine Lawless, MD, of Sports Cardiology Consultants LLC, and of the University of Chicago, is the only physician in the United States dual certified in c... By: CSWNews … Continue reading →

WHEELING -Dr. Devender Batra and Belmont Cardiology Inc. of St. Clairsville will pay a $1 million penalty for violations involving fraudulent Medicare claims. U.S. Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld II said Batra and Belmont Cardiology will pay the fine after causing East Ohio Regional Hospital and Ohio Valley Medical Center to submit fraudulent claims to Medicare from January 2009 to August of 2010, in violation of the Federal False Claims Act. The settlement ends an investigation into improper compensation arrangements among Batra, East Ohio Regional Hospital and Ohio Valley Medical Center. The arrangements with Batra and Belmont Cardiology led the hospitals to submit false claims for prohibited referrals for various health services in violation of federal law. "These types of prohibited referrals are a significant problem and led to increased health care costs for everyone," Ihlenfeld said. "Medicare expects that a physician's referral of a patient to a hospital will be free from improper influences, and when it's not we will act to hold the wrongdoers accountable." The investigation arose after the U.S. attorney's office resolved claims against East Ohio Regional Hospital and Ohio Valley Medical Center for entering into improper compensation arrangements with Batra and others. In September 2011, the … Continue reading →

Medicine Board Review: Cardiology 1 CARDIAC STRESS TESTING Quick videos on MUST KNOW topics for the Internal Medicine Boards. It will be also very useful for the USMLEs and Medical Students rotating through medicine.... By: Doc Khan … Continue reading →

Contact Information Available for logged-in reporters only Newswise NEW YORK (April 16, 2014) Montefiore Medical Center has been selected as one of 15 hospitals in the country to participate in the American College of Cardiology Patient Navigator Program. This first-of-its-kind program in Cardiology is designed to support hospitals in providing personalized services to heart disease patients and help them avoid a quick return to the hospital. We are honored to be selected for this important pilot program. Improving transitions of care for patients with heart disease and reducing readmissions are a constant focus at Montefiore and are a growing area of concern for healthcare as a whole, said Ileana Pia, M.D., M.P.H., associate chief, Academic Affairs, Division of Cardiology, Montefiore, professor of Medicine and Epidemiology & Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. The Patient Navigator Program will allow us to support a team of experts focused on these patients and will allow for the appropriate care and education to be offered, thus improving outcomes. Nearly one in five patients hospitalized with heart attack and one in four patients hospitalized with heart failure are readmitted within 30 days of discharge, often for conditions seemingly unrelated to the … Continue reading →