November/December 2014

The best time to start thinking about renegotiating an employment contract might be before you sign on the dotted line the first time. What you put in place then will define discussions in the future. But whether you landed a plum of a deal or a lemon, round two will be different. In either case, the key to success is to be prepared and proactive.  

The rocky rollout of the Sunshine Act’s Open Payments program did not instill confidence in physicians whose names populated its database starting on Sept. 30. Now it is here. And?

Most operators realize that radiation exposure in the cath lab puts them, plus their staff, at risk of potential cancers in the future. What they may not know is that a number of strategies exist to reduce exposure, and many don’t cost a dime.

The 2014 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics conference held Sept. 13-15 in Washington, D.C., focused on the cutting edge in its late-breaking clinical trials and presentations. Here is a sampling.

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) mandates that health systems eliminate waste and across the country many have responded with innovative ways to cut billions of dollars in unnecessary costs.

Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) and first response care have a proven track record in saving lives after a heart attack, and with this in mind many communities purchase and make AEDs publicly accessible

The medical community disagrees over whether continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) helps patients with obstructive sleep apnea and improves their cardiovascular health in the long run. 

Physicians need a management strategy to help patients at risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

One party appears to be missing at the negotiating table as physicians and hospitals enter employment talks: Medicare, or rather, how and how much Medicare will pay providers a few years from now.

An increasing number of patients with cancer and cancer survivors live with cardiovascular disease.

Start with cardiology, a specialty that has been at the forefront of positive change. Then add experience, an entrepreneurial spirit and vision.

The success of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has inspired physicians to apply less invasive percutaneous techniques to other valvular conditions.

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