CMS will pay for certain angioplasty and stenting procedures in ASCs beginning Jan. 1, under its 2020 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and ASC Payment System Final Rule.

A Bain & Co. report made several predictions on the future of the ASC industry through the mid-2020s.

A Bain & Co. report made several predictions on the future of the ASC industry through the mid-2020s.

Brian Gauger is president and CEO of Edina, Minn.-based National Cardiovascular Partners.

LexisNexis Risk Solutions analyzed 5 million ICD-10 and CPT codes for cardiovascular procedures in 2018.

Three experts shared their insights on the potential migration of cardiac procedures to ASCs:

Jeff Dottl is a principal for Physicians Surgery Centers, a professional ASC management and development company. Recently, he was asked to join an ad hoc California Ambulatory Surgery Association committee addressing cardiology procedures in ASCs. Here, he shares his thoughts on the future of cardiology in ASCs.

CMS' 2019 Outpatient Prospective Payment System rule cleared the way for some cardiac procedures to be performed in ASCs, creating financial uncertainty for hospitals, according to Ronald Hirsch, MD, vice president of regulations and education group for R1 RCM.

It's only a matter of time before revenue-generating cardiology cases shift from hospitals to ASCs, a transition that has great implications for Medicare costs, according to Ronald Hirsch, MD, who wrote an analysis on the matter for the Healthcare Financial Management Association.

CMS' 2019 Medicare reimbursement guidelines have significant implications for ambulatory strategies in cardiology, according to three leaders who shared their thoughts with Cardiac Interventions Today.

Cardiovascular Centers of America was founded earlier this year to fill a long-overlooked need in healthcare: helping cardiologists create and run outpatient centers.