News and Notes

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2026 proposed payment rule for ASCs and hospital outpatient departments (HOPD). The agency proposed a transition to eliminate the inpatient-only (IPO) list over the next few years and add 271 of the...

Medline has launched the ComfortTemp Patient Warming System, including disposable blankets and gowns, a product designed to improve upon similar systems on the market and provide unparalleled comfort and temperature regulation for patients. The 510K Class 2 device...

Chamberlain University, the nation’s largest School of Nursing and part of Adtalem Global Education Inc, and SSM Health, a leading Catholic health system, have announced the launch of the Aspiring Nurse Program – a large-scale partnership designed to fund nursing...

Global MedTech companies Getinge and Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc., have announced a strategic partnership where Zimmer Biomet will distribute Getinge’s Operating Room (OR) capital products to its ambulatory surgery center (ASC) customers. This partnership creates a...

System trained on videos of surgeries performs like an expert surgeon A robot trained on videos of surgeries performed a lengthy phase of a gallbladder removal without human help. The robot operated for the first time on a lifelike patient, and during the operation,...

Stryker has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for the Incompass Total Ankle System, an implant intended for patients with ankle joints damaged by severe rheumatoid, post-traumatic, or degenerative arthritis. This new platform integrates...