Becker's Healthcare August 5, 2024
As the demand for cardiac care in the US continues to rise, and as more patients are screened and treated for cardiovascular disease, cardiac catheterization and percutaneous coronary intervention procedure demand will also continue to grow.
The American Heart Association estimates almost half of the U.S. population will have some form of cardiovascular disease by 2035. Back in 2011, the AHA estimated 100 million Americans — almost 40% of the US population — would have a cardiovascular disease by 2030. We reached that projection in 2015 — 15 years early.¹
CMS approved 17 cardiac procedures that are predominantly cardiac CATH procedures and that are separately payable in the ASC setting effective January 1, 2019. CMS further expanded the approval...
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