Becker's Healthcare January 4, 2024
For years, ASC leaders have mentioned cardiology as being the industry’s next big ticket specialty. However, the golden age of cardiology has yet to come.
Here are a few roadblocks standing in the way of the growth of cardiology ASCs.
Performing cardiology procedures in the outpatient setting can be a costly business. In an industry that is already facing rising operating costs and economic pressures, this can be a major barrier to the development of cardiology ASCs.
“Cardiology requires a lot of different equipment,” Prashanth Bala, chief of ambulatory surgical services at Shields Health in Quincy, Mass., told Becker’s. “It requires costly implants. Especially if those implants aren’t reimbursed or if the capitated rate for that procedure isn’t reimbursing...
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