ACC's October Board of Trustees (BOT) meeting was rich with strategic dialogue and forward-looking initiatives that reflect our shared commitment to advancing cardiovascular care and strengthening the ...
A new nasal spray form of bumetanide may reduce the tissue swelling caused by heart failure (HF) as effectively as the standard oral and intravenous formulations of the loop diuretic, based on ...
Late-breaking results from the PROMPT-AF, CRRF-PeAF, TRIM-AF and ARREST-AF trials presented at AHA 2024 shed new light on cutting-edge approaches to revolutionizing the management of patients with ...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule on Nov. 1. Of note, the 2025 PFS conversion factor is $32.3465, reduced 2.83% ...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a change in methodology to indirect practice expense (PE) payment in the proposed 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), which ...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule, updating the PFS conversion factor from $32.3465 to $33.5875 for ...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2025 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) final rule on Nov. 1. The rule will ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on April 15 that Abbott/Thoratec Corp. is recalling the Heartmate II and Heartmate 3 Left Ventricular Assist System (LVAS) due to long-term ...
Until about 15 years ago, most cardiologists were found in private practices, where the physicians – usually in groups – owned the practice and had privileges for hospital-based services at one or ...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has temporarily reassigned coronary CT angiography (CCTA) codes 75572-75574 from ambulatory payment classification (APC) 5571 to APC 5572 in the ...
In this week’s View, Dr. Eagle looks at major trials presented at the recent ESC Congress in Spain. First, he discusses the MAPLE-HCM trial that investigates aficamten versus metoprolol monotherapy in ...
The proposed 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) introduces a new, ongoing process described as the "efficiency adjustment." As not all codes in the Medicare PFS are revalued every year, the ...