Cardiology

Here are five updates in cardiology from the last month:

Summit Health and the Pulse Heart Institute are joining to expand cardiac care in Oregon, Summit Health said recently.

Orlando, Fla.-based physician management services organization Cardiovascular Associates of America launched Dec. 14, the company said in a news release.

Greater Pittsburgh Vascular Associates has opened two new Pittsburgh-area locations, the company said Dec. 9.

Cardiology procedures are one of the biggest opportunities for growth for ASCs — with cardiovascular procedures in outpatient settings estimated to grow from 10 percent to as much as 35 percent by the mid-2020s.

Oklahoma City-based Cardiovascular Health Clinic is partnering with New York City-based healthcare investment firm Assured Healthcare Partners, the firm said in a Nov. 15 news release.

The Guardian, an implantable acute coronary syndrome event detector, has qualified for CMS' transitional pass-through payment as part of the 2022 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System.

Doctors Hospital of Laredo, Texas, and the Laredo Physicians Group filed a lawsuit against an interventional cardiologist alleging anticompetitive conduct. 

Vascular Care Group has expanded in Massachusetts with the opening of a location in Worcester.

Cardiovascular Institute of the South is reportedly the first in the U.S. to use the Philips Laser System Neximer to reopen blockages in arteries, Biz New Orleans reported.