Cardiology’s migration to the outpatient setting is accelerating as CMS expands the procedures eligible for ASCs and cardiovascular groups invest in new facilities, technology and service lines. Two cardiology leaders recently joined Becker’s to discuss how their systems are approaching…
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Northwell Health’s Long Island Jewish Medical Center has cut the ribbon on a $12.6 million outpatient cardiology facility in New Hyde Park, N.Y. The 10,233-square-foot center has 15 exam rooms and five specialized testing rooms, including suites for echocardiography, stress…
Schenectady, N.Y.-based St. Peter’s Health Partners Medical Associates has asked a court for a temporary restraining order to stop Ellis Medicine from soliciting its cardiologists, escalating an ongoing noncompete lawsuit between the two health systems, News10 reported Sept. 14. Ellis…
The Cardiac PET Alliance launched as a physician-led organization dedicated exclusively to advancing cardiac positron emission tomography imaging, protecting patient access, and educating policymakers, physicians and patients. The alliance represents more than 1,200 cardiologists across 101 cardiovascular group practices operating…
Newark (N.J.) Beth Israel Medical Center has opened a new hybrid cardiac catheterization lab Sept. 10, expanding its capacity for complex minimally invasive heart procedures. The 730-square-foot suite, part of RWJBarnabas Health’s Heart & Vascular Service Line, pairs cardiac catheterization…
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Patients who have relied on the same Schenectady, N.Y., cardiology practice for years — some for decades — are watching a legal fight between Ellis Hospital and St. Peter’s Health Partners Medical Associates with growing concern over what it could…
CMS has cleared the federal path for cardiology’s move into ASCs, adding cardiac catheter ablation and hundreds of other cardiovascular codes to the ASC covered procedures list, starting in 2026. But whether a center can actually perform those procedures still…
Two cardiologists in Wichita Falls, Texas, are closing their practices, according to a Sept. 8 report from Wichita Falls Times Record News. Shona Sudarshan, MD, and Sriram Sudarshan, MD, are retiring from practice at North Texas Cardiology Center. Their practices…
Clearwater (Fla.) Cardiovascular Consultants, a partner practice of Cardiovascular Logistics, has partnered with Pasco Cardiology Center in Trinity, Fla. Through the partnership, Clearwater Cardiovascular Consultants will integrate Pasco Cardiology Center into its practice, providing advanced technology, data analytics and back-office…
Women make up nearly half of participants in major structural heart disease trials, but they remain largely absent from the committees shaping how those studies are run. Women held just 7% of steering committee seats across high-impact structural heart disease…