In the past two years, CMS has approved 17 cardiac catheterization-related procedures and six cardiology procedures related to percutaneous coronary interventions for Medicare payment in ASCs, according to healthcare valuation and transaction advisory firm VMG Health.

The American College of Cardiology criticized the Trump administration's choice to withdraw from the World Health Organization, Cardiovascular Business reports.

Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Advanced Cardiac & Vascular Centers opened a new office in Las Vegas.

As the US healthcare system continues to grapple with the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic, and as states begin reopening facilities for elective procedures, healthcare providers are facing limitations on providing timely elective cardiovascular (CV) care—limitations that, coupled with the risk of COVID-19 exposure, can potentially impact morbidity and mortality.

New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System and Hackensack, N.J.-based Cross County Cardiology partnered to expand cardiology care across Bergen and Hudson counties in New Jersey, Mount Sinai announced July 15.

Successfully operating a cardiovascular service line requires collaboration between ASC administrators and physicians, according to a feature published by Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology.

CHI St. Luke's Health-Memorial Lufkin (Texas) received a pair of accreditations from the American College of Cardiology Accreditation Services, making its cardiology program the most accredited in the state, The Light and Champion reports.

Iowa City-based University of Iowa Heart and Vascular Center recently performed its 1,000th transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedure, the Daily Iowan reports.

After acquiring an ASC earlier this year, US Cardio Partners equipped it with a catheterization lab. The hybrid facility is now open to patients, CEO Cliff Crossett said in a phone interview with Becker's ASC Review.

The University of Vermont Health Network-Elizabethtown (N.Y.) Community Hospital is opening a monthly cardiology clinic in Ticonderoga, N.Y., the Press-Republican reports.

A federal lawsuit unsealed in June alleges that UPMC illegally billed CMS for cases in which surgeons neglected to obtain proper patient consent, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

CMS has taken a series of steps to account for the COVID-19 pandemic in Merit-based Incentive Payment System reporting, Cardiovascular Business reports.

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health is delaying its Minnesota expansion due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bemidji Pioneer reports.

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a surge of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests that burdened first responders, a study published in JAMA Cardiology reports.

The American College of Cardiology partnered with Heartbeat Health to create a virtual care platform for cardiologists to use for patients to make informed clinical care decisions.

Two Cleveland Clinic cardiologists will begin seeing patients at the Cleveland Clinic Wooster (Ohio) Milltown Specialty and Surgery Center June 22, The Daily Record reports.

Emergency transfers to the Cleveland Clinic for patients having critical cardiovascular events have dropped 39 percent during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study shows.

The Society for Vascular Surgery released a guideline around the appropriate care and treatment of visceral aneurysms. 

PAVmed added Exact Sciences founder and former chair Stanley Lapidus as a strategic adviser for its Lucid Diagnostics subsidiary.

U.S. News & World Report released its Best Children's Hospitals rankings, including a total of 88 hospitals from across the U.S.