Cardiology

Successfully operating a cardiovascular service line requires collaboration between ASC administrators and physicians, according to a feature published by Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology.

CHI St. Luke's Health-Memorial Lufkin (Texas) received a pair of accreditations from the American College of Cardiology Accreditation Services, making its cardiology program the most accredited in the state, The Light and Champion reports.

Iowa City-based University of Iowa Heart and Vascular Center recently performed its 1,000th transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedure, the Daily Iowan reports.

After acquiring an ASC earlier this year, US Cardio Partners equipped it with a catheterization lab. The hybrid facility is now open to patients, CEO Cliff Crossett said in a phone interview with Becker's ASC Review.

The University of Vermont Health Network-Elizabethtown (N.Y.) Community Hospital is opening a monthly cardiology clinic in Ticonderoga, N.Y., the Press-Republican reports.

A federal lawsuit unsealed in June alleges that UPMC illegally billed CMS for cases in which surgeons neglected to obtain proper patient consent, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

CMS has taken a series of steps to account for the COVID-19 pandemic in Merit-based Incentive Payment System reporting, Cardiovascular Business reports.

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health is delaying its Minnesota expansion due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bemidji Pioneer reports.

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a surge of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests that burdened first responders, a study published in JAMA Cardiology reports.

The American College of Cardiology partnered with Heartbeat Health to create a virtual care platform for cardiologists to use for patients to make informed clinical care decisions.