Economics

This channel highlights factors that impact hospital and healthcare economics and revenue. This includes news on healthcare policies, reimbursement, marketing, business plans, mergers and acquisitions, supply chain, salaries, staffing, and the implementation of a cost-effective environment for patients and providers.

American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) past president Jonathan Lindner, MD, FASE, is a newly named advisor to the Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC), which advises the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on whether services and supplies are reasonable and necessary under Medicare.

Cardiologist Jonathan Lindner to advise influential Medicare committee

As a MEDCAC advisor, American Society of Echocardiography past president Jonathan Lindner, MD, will help decide whether services and supplies are reasonable and necessary under Medicare.

July 6, 2022
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AFib ablation makes financial sense, especially among heart failure patients

The additional costs associated with AFib ablation appear to be justified, researchers wrote.

July 1, 2022
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Big private payer reverses course on cardiac PET/CT coverage

One of the largest private health insurers in the U.S. has gone from considering hybrid PET/CT for cardiac indications “experimental/investigational” to displaying willingness to pay for the modality. 

July 1, 2022

Judge says Apple violated ECG patents, making U.S. import ban of Apple Watches a possibility

A judge from the U.S. International Trade Commission has said Apple violated multiple AliveCor patents. This story, however, is far from over.

June 30, 2022

Concerns about overuse of stress testing after PCI may be unwarranted

The majority of patients undergoing stress tests have symptoms consistent with obstructive coronary artery disease.

June 23, 2022
The ASNC is one of several medical imaging societies asking Congress to repeal the appropriate use criteria (AUC) criteria mandate. They say it poses issues for clinicians and is becoming outdated by changes in CMS payment systems. The AUC requirements call for documentation using CVMS authorized software in order to show advanced imaging such as nuclear and CT is justified, or else Medicare payments might be withheld.

VIDEO: AMA will ask Congress to revise clinical decision support mandate for cardiac imaging

American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) delegates to the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates 2022 meeting Stephen Bloom, MD, and Nishant Shah, MD, explain a new AMA policy asking Congress to revise its clinician decision support mandate. 

June 22, 2022
The Corvia Atrial Shunt is designed to address elevated left atrial pressure (LAP) heart failure patients.

Corvia Medical raises $54M to continue studying implantable heart failure treatment

The company will use the funds to follow up on what it learned from the REDUCE LAP-HF II clinical trial.

June 14, 2022
Charles D. Fraser, Jr., MD, executive director of the new Institute for Cardiovascular Health, a collaboration between Ascension Texas and the University of Texas at Austin, including its Dell Medical School. This new, state-of-the-art cardiology program fully integrates all the cardiac subspecialties to create a comprehensive heart team approach in treating patients.

VIDEO: Creating an integrated heart team program in central Texas

Charles D. Fraser, Jr., MD, executive director of the new Institute for Cardiovascular Health in Austin, Texas, discusses the facility's new, state-of-the-art cardiology program.

June 8, 2022

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Eleven medical societies have signed on to a consensus statement aimed at standardizing imaging for suspected cardiovascular infections.

Kate Hanneman, MD, explains why many vendors and hospitals want to lower radiology's impact on the environment. "Taking steps to reduce the carbon footprint in healthcare isn’t just an opportunity," she said. "It’s also a responsibility."

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