Cardiology

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…

Cardiology is expanding increasingly into ASCs as CMS policy updates, advancements in cardiovascular innovation and population health concerns necessitate more access to outpatient cardiology procedures. Mitesh Amin, MD, CEO of AlignedCardio, a Richmond, Va.-based cardiovascular group formed through a partnership…

As more cardiac procedures move into the ambulatory setting, developers are taking different approaches to what that shift should look like.  AlignedCardio, a Richmond, Va.-based cardiovascular group formed through a partnership between James River Cardiology and RC Capital, a healthcare-focused…

Cardiology has faced a worsening patient access problem over the last several years, with recent data showing that 46% of U.S. counties lack a practicing cardiologist.  The shortage is more severe in rural areas, which only average 39.8 physicians per…

Forty-six percent of U.S. counties lack a practicing cardiologist, according to a new report from Cardio Diagnostics Holdings. The report “The State of Rural Hospitals and Cardiovascular Care,” is aimed at improving the quality of cardiovascular care and patient outcomes…

Cardiology is emerging as one of the next major frontiers for outpatient migration, as more cardiovascular procedures become viable in ASCs and providers look to expand access while lowering costs. But building an outpatient cardiology program involves far more than…

Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death in the U.S., but the workforce charged with treating it is aging, growing too slowly to keep pace with the population and leaning more heavily on international medical graduates to fill gaps…