Economics

Your Path to Success: Expert Advice

The Pendulum Swings Back for Cardiovascular Services

11/27/2018

Ross Swanson, Executive Vice President, Corazon, Inc.

Ross Swanson, Executive Vice Presiden...

We have worked extensively with hospitals in three strategic areas, including: 1) re-engineering cardiovascular service line infrastructure; 2) enhancing existing cardiovascular facilities or building entirely new ones; and 3) renewing focus...

We have worked extensively with...

11/27/2018

Cath Lab Digest

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The FY2019 Reimbursement Impact in the Cath Lab

10/07/2018

Kristin Truesdell, Director, Business Consulting and Informatics, Corazon, Inc.

Kristin Truesdell, Director, Business...

The following summary provides a high-level look at the upcoming fiscal year (FY) 2019 changes in terms of financial and quality standards.

The following summary provides a...

10/07/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Your Path to Success: Expert Advice

SCAI Expert Consensus Document Supports Decreased Length of Stay for PCI

05/29/2018

We are joined this month by Arnold H. Seto, MD, MPA, Chief, Cardiology, Long Beach VA Medical Center, Long Beach, California. Dr. Seto was the chair of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) writing committee...

We are joined this month by...

05/29/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Your Path to Success: Expert Advice

Should Your Program Be Considering Same-Day PCI Discharge From a Dedicated Lounge?

05/06/2018

This month, we are joined by John Wang, MD, MSc, FACC, FSCAI, Chief of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Medstar Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, and Cheryl Lunnen, Regional Vice President, MedStar Heart & Vascular...

This month, we are joined by...

05/06/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Your Path to Success: Expert Advice

Bundles are Here. Where are the Opportunities?

03/01/2018

In this month’s article, we have asked Anne Beekman, MedAxiom Consulting, and Keely Macmillan, Archway Health, to discuss what the new voluntary bundles offer as an opportunity for cath lab programs considering percutaneous coronary...

In this month’s article, we have...

03/01/2018

Cath Lab Digest

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New Year — New Bundle! 2018 welcomes the new voluntary Bundled Payments for Care Improvement – Advanced Initiative (BPCI Advanced)

02/06/2018

Programs and providers may have different points of view on how and where to reduce unnecessary care and control the costs of healthcare; bundles have had success in reducing costs while meeting or improving quality benchmarks. Today, bundles...

Programs and providers may have...

02/06/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Your Path to Success: Expert Advice

What are High-Performing Cardiac Catheterization Labs Doing Right?

12/28/2017

This month, we have a great article from Anne Beekman, Senior Consultant with MedAxiom. Her overview of a recent survey conducted among cath labs across the country is very telling and should be viewed with an eye towards looking inward at...

This month, we have a great...

12/28/2017

Cath Lab Digest

Your Path to Success: Expert Advice

You are Leaving Money on the Table by Admitting Low-Risk PCIs

10/04/2017

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

In this month’s article, Larry Sobal,...

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...

Larry Sobal, MedAxiom Executive...

10/04/2017

Cath Lab Digest

Your Path to Success: Expert Advice

The FY 2018 Reimbursement Outlook: The Cath Lab Impact

10/03/2017

Kristin Truesdell, Manager, Corazon, Inc.,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Kristin Truesdell, Manager, Corazon, ...

Understanding these updates can help hospital and program leaders become aware of new criteria.

Understanding these updates can...

10/03/2017

Cath Lab Digest

Your Path to Success: Expert Advice

Cath Lab Profitability

07/30/2017

In this month’s edition, we are pleased to have Ryan Graver from MedAxiom Ventures addressing a subject and concern facing every cath lab: how can we manage costs without sacrificing quality and outcomes? Hospitals are faced with new challenges around reimbursement and none is more compelling than the impact that the Two-Midnight rule had in shifting patients away from the traditional inpatient to outpatient. I think you will find the evidence Mr. Graver has to offer as not just insightful, but compelling, if the goal is to reduce cost and get back to improving profit margins. — Gary Clifton, Vice President, Terumo Business Edge

In this month’s edition, we are pleas...

The transradial care pathway program is perhaps the most focused, achievable, and significant opportunity healthcare systems can pursue to achieve success today.

The transradial care pathway...

07/30/2017

Cath Lab Digest