Cath Lab Management

In this month’s article, Larry Sobal, MedAxiom Executive Vice President, and Nicole Knight, Director, Revenue Cycle Solutions, MedAxiom Consulting, share their qualified and experienced views and observations regarding what has become a contentious and incomplete understanding of what hospitals believe they are being reimbursed versus the costs they and their patients are incurring for the CMS patient undergoing a PCI procedure. Same-day discharge for PCI is fast becoming a hot-button topic, but the benefits financially for the hospital and patient, not to mention providing a service the customer (patient) may very well prefer compared to conventional overnight stays, should be strongly considered for any program addressing the growing trend towards patient consumerism, population health, and meeting the quadruple aim. 
— Gary Clifton, Vice President, Terumo Business Edge

We are very pleased to host Dave Terry and Ryan Graver in this month’s article. Mr. Terry is a thought leader and frequent speaker on bundled payments and other payment reform initiatives, and is the Founder and CEO of Archway Health. Archway works with providers and payers to design and execute bundled payment programs and value-based specialty networks. 

Ryan Graver is the President of MedAxiom Ventures. Mr. Graver brings more than two decades of diverse healthcare experience spanning multiple dimensions of care delivery, research, business development, and med-tech related strategy. He leads the Ventures division of MedAxiom, a network of nearly 400 cardiovascular programs nationally. Archway Health and MedAxiom are working with cardiovascular providers to prepare for and optimize performance around bundled payments.     
— Gary Clifton, Vice President, Terumo Business Edge

Marc Toth, CMAA, ACA Cardiovascular, Tucson, Arizona, and 
Robert Zasa, MSHHA, FACMPE, ASD Management, Incline Village, Nevada

This article is adapted from http://www.acacardiovascular.com/posts/.

Stacey Lang, Vice President, Corazon, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Mona Steinbeiser, Consultant, Corazon, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Gina Donnelly, Director, Corazon, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Gary Clifton, Vice President, Terumo Business Edge, talks with Amit P. Amin, MD, MSc, Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes Jewish Hospital, Center for Value and Innovation, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.

Mark C. Bieniarz, MD, FACC, New Mexico Heart Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Anne Beekman, RN, Vice President, Consulting, MedAxiom Consulting, Neptune Beach, Florida