Cardiovascular Surgery

This channel includes news and new technology innovations for cardiac surgery. This includes coronary artery bypass grafts (CABG) and surgical valve replacements.

bundled payments for cardiology, CMS cardiac reimbursements, healthcare reform, July 1 2017
Feature | Cardiovascular Business | Dave Fornell

Effective July 1, 2017 for Medicare heart attack patients, the the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will ...

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News | Cath Lab

December 29, 2016 — The American College of Cardiology (ACC), along with several partnering organizations, recently ...

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bundled payments for cardiology, CMS cardiac reimbursements, cardiology fee for value payments
Feature | Cardiovascular Business

December 29, 2016 — The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized new Medicare alternative payment models ...

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News | Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD)

December 8, 2016 — St. Jude Medical Inc. announced results of the MOMENTUM 3 U.S. IDE Clinical Study during a late ...

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Videos | Cath Lab

David Kandzari, M.D., director of interventional cardiology and chief scientific officer, Piedmont Heart Institute ...

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News | Cardiovascular Surgery

November 3, 2016 — Coronary artery bypass (CABG) surgery is the standard treatment for revascularization in patients ...

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EXCEL Trial, TCT 2016, drug-eluting stents, CABG, surgery left main heart disease, LMCAD
Feature | Stents Drug Eluting

October 31, 2016 — A major international study has found that drug-eluting stents, a less-invasive alternative to bypass ...

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News | Congenital Heart

October 28, 2016 — For the first time, fetal medicine experts have performed prenatal heart surgery to remove a life ...

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News | Artificial Heart

October 26, 2016 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provided an update and additional information regarding ...

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medicare bundled cardiac payments, CMS cardiology payments
Feature | Cardiovascular Business | By John W. Meyer, MPH, FACHE

(Editor’s note: This is the second part of a two-part series on the proposed Medicare five-year demonstration for a ...

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October 14, 2016 — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning healthcare providers and patients ...

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News | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders

October 13, 2016 — SentreHeart Inc. announced this week it has treated the first patients using the Eclipse Surgical ...

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3-D bioprinting, 3-D printing, printed organs, 3D bioprinting
Feature | Medical 3-D Printing | Dave Fornell

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) changed its rules concerning custom medical devices Oct. 12, adding new ...

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October 5, 2016 — Medtronic said two previously communicated global voluntary recalls related to the HeartWare ...

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bundled payments for cardiology, CMS cardiac reimbursements
Feature | Cardiovascular Business | John W. Meyer, MPH, FACHE

(Editor’s note: This is the first part of a two-part series on the proposed Medicare five-year demonstration for ...

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