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VP Finance & Controller
Advanced Heart and Vascular Surgery Center at Daytona leads AFib ablation innovation in ASC settings. Discover how outpatient cardiac procedures are transforming electrophysiology care nationwide.
Clinical Director
The 2025 CMS Proposed PFS and OBL Rates were released in July 2024. The 2025 rates will be finalized in October for Jan 2025 implementation and are subject to change. The following are the key takeaways pertaining to the services lines supported in CCA’s facilities.
Chief Executive Officer
In a recent letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) have put forth a compelling case for the inclusion of cardiac catheter ablation services in the Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Covered Procedures List (CPL) for the calendar year (CY) 2025.
Chief Executive Officer
The 2024 CMS Proposed PFS and OBL Rates were released in July 2023. The rates will be finalized in the October for Jan 2024 implementation and are subject to change. The following are CCA’s key takeaways pertaining to the services lines supported in CCA’s facilities. Rates notes are national averages for simplicity and relatively vary by specific locality.
Chief Executive Officer
If you follow Golf then you surely have heard about the upstart Golf league, LIV GOLF. Funded by the Saudi Public Investment Fund and run by CEO Greg Norman, LIV Golf is the most significant competitive challenge to the Non-Profit PGA Tour which has reigned as the de facto golf league in the United States for the better part of a century.
Chief Executive Officer
Now when it comes to staffing and job duties in the cardiovascular ASC I am a firm believer that cross training of all staff is essential. No man or woman is an island in this ASC space.
Clinical Director
Today a majority of cardiovascular physician practices employ mid-level practitioners to one degree or another. For the most part from my experience these providers are often underutilized and under recognized for their knowledge, scope of practice and experience they can leverage for the growth of the practice and patient utilization of the OBL/ASC.
Clinical Director
The recent movement from CMS to approve procedures such as coronary angiography, coronary interventions and rhythm management in the ASC has raised the question of what this means for hospitals and how they should view the physicians who own them.
Clinical Director
When developing and managing any ASC you need to surround yourself with professionals who understand the space and specific needs or your business as well as the services you provide.
Clinical Director
The treatment of Heart and Vascular disease is complicated and involves complex systems. The diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease requires years of training and clinical experience to provide safe, high level patient care.
Clinical Director
Many physicians today are finding themselves fed up with the employed physician hospital model. In this current climate they find themselves as volume driven RVU employees with limited say in how they operate their practice.
Clinical Director
The CCA team has 20+ years or experience developing and operating OBL’s and 6+ years developing and operating CV ASC’s. In the recent two years we have seen a significant movement from CMS to offer more procedural codes with increasing reimbursement in the ASC while decreasing reimbursement for many of the procedures offered in the OBL.
Clinical Director
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