Becker's Healthcare May 17, 2023
Cardiology procedures are continuing to migrate to the ASC setting, leaders said at a March 22 California Ambulatory Surgery Association summit with payers and industry stakeholders.
Here are three points on cardiology migration according to Kyle Michaelis, MD, a cardiologist at Sacramento (Calif.) Heart and Vascular, and Alex Bolanos, vice president of corporate development at United Surgical Partners International, who spoke at the event.
- California has legal restrictions against doing certain cardiac procedures in an ASC that are already being performed in other states, Dr. Michaelis said, according...