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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in a final rule released Thursday, November 30, 2017, closed the loop on its proposed cancellation of the cardiac bundled payment models.
Looking back more than twenty-one years to when I first considered establishing Charles Franc & Associates, Inc. (CFA), it doesn’t really seem like more than two decades have passed.
It’s interesting how you sometimes casually read something and a statement pops off the page – a statement that clearly and succinctly describes a concept that is inherently complex or difficult to verbalize.
PARTNER II SAPIEN 3 Trial – TAVR Outperforms SAVR – Again!
The one year results of the PARTNER II, SAPIEN 3 clinical trial for intermediate-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis were recently announced at the American College of Cardiology’s 65th Annual Scientific Session in Chicago. The results are good news for
Physicians all over the country are exploring new ways to align with one another, align with hospitals and create new operating structures in an effort to leverage their position within the current forces shaping the healthcare marketplace.
What: The integration of interventional and surgical techniques is demanding a new working environment for an interdisciplinary cardiovascular team: the Hybrid Operating Room, where angiographic imaging capabilities are integrated in an operating suite.
As Primary Care Physician (PCP)-driven Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and population health-based reimbursement models continue to grow, CV specialists are in danger of being de-“valued” in the new era of PCP-controlled healthcare.
Two recent announcements about healthcare payment and costs should wake up every CV service line administrator:
CFA recently completed an engagement in which the rationalization (consolidation) of cath lab services within a two hospital system was hotly debated.
