Cardiology procedures are increasingly moving to the outpatient setting, but state certificate-of-need laws could be preventing cardiologists from opening ASCs.
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An Arizona ASC performed its first atrial fibrillation ablation, and an Iowa health system filed a lawsuit to block a physician group from opening two cardiac catheterization labs in its ASC.
West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health filed a lawsuit to block a large physician group from opening two cardiac catheterization labs in its ASC, according to a report from the Iowa Capital Dispatch.
Peak Surgery Center of Avondale (Ariz.) performed its first atrial fibrillation ablation, the center's clinical director said Aug. 10.
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