Becker's Healthcare December 10, 2025
Cardiology is exploding in the outpatient setting as technology advances physicians’ ability to perform cardiovascular procedures outside of the hospital and CMS expands its coverage of these procedures in the ASC setting.
Charleen Tackett, administrator of Houston-based Vital Heart & Vein, said that the delay in the final approval of new procedures has resulted in a “mad dash” to safely pull together the equipment and staff necessary to add EP ablations, one of the procedures recently approved by CMS.
Previously, the ASC had offered cardiovascular procedures under moderate sedation. Now, Ms. Tackett is coordinating anesthesia, supplies and staffing, adding that strong guidance from electrophysiologists has been key in organizing the service expansion.
“We’re a cardiology practice, so...
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