A Fort Worth, Texas cardiologist has been charged in an $89 million healthcare fraud scheme involving medically unnecessary cardiovascular screening tests on college student athletes, including one who died of sudden cardiac arrest approximately 24 days after the physician allegedly…
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Advanced practice providers in cardiology are moving well beyond a support role, with more than half now holding formal administrative positions, according to MedAxiom’s 2025 APP Compensation and Utilization Report released June 23. The report drew responses from 104 cardiovascular…
Joseph Woo, MD, recently took over as the 107th president The American Association for Thoracic Surgery for 2026-27, according to a May 15 social media post by the organization. Dr. Woo is a cardiothoracic, cardiovascular and transplant surgeon with Stanford…
The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions has come out in support of a legislative vote that would bar CMS from expanding the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) Model — a controversial prior authorization pilot. The House Appropriations Committee…
Cardiology Consultants of Philadelphia has opened an $8.6 million ASC, Vista Today reported June 22. The Ambulatory Cardiovascular Center of Pennsylvania is a 12,500-square-foot center that includes 3 operating rooms, one procedure room, and 12 pre- and post-operative patient bays,…
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Cardiology is where orthopedics was 15 years ago: a specialty with clear ASC potential, a growing list of eligible procedures and a physician workforce that is largely hospital-employed and watching from the sidelines. Here are six cardiologists and cardiovascular leaders…
When CMS announced in 2025 that it would begin covering outpatient cardiac ablations in 2026, Sheetal Chandhok, MD, knew what he wanted to do. The electrophysiologist at Bryn Mawr (Pa.) Medical Specialists Association told Becker’s that he had already spent…
CMS released a proposed decision memo June 15 that would substantially reshape Medicare coverage for transcatheter aortic valve replacement, and the nation’s leading cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery societies have responded with mixed reactions. The proposed national coverage determination would end…
New Brunswick, N.J.-based Saint Peter’s Healthcare System has relocated its general and vascular surgery practice to Somerset, N.J., with a father-son physician team leading the practice, ROI NJ reported April 10. Niranjan Rao,MD vice president and chief medical officer at…
Cataract surgery accounts for 18% of all ASC procedure volume and has generated more Medicare savings than any other single procedure in the ambulatory setting, but it took decades to get there. Cardiac catheterization and percutaneous laminectomy are starting from…