Stay informed with CCA's Blog: Expert advice, industry news, and trends in cardiovascular ASC management and development for healthcare professionals.
Discover how to transform your annual budget planning into a strategic roadmap that drives growth and positions your cardiovascular ASC for long-term success.
Mike Lembo
Chief Financial Officer
Why accurate CPT coding is essential for cardiovascular ASCs—impacting compliance, reimbursement, operational efficiency, quality reporting, and patient trust.
Vice President of Revenue Cycle and Payer Contracting
Learn essential revenue cycle management strategies that cardiovascular ASCs can implement to improve collections, reduce denials, and strengthen cash flow.
Vice President of Revenue Cycle and Payer Contracting
Five proven ways physician partners can maximize ROI in cardiovascular ASCs through case mix optimization, cost control, utilization, financial literacy, and aligned incentives.
Mike Lembo
Chief Financial Officer
Rising labor and supply costs are threatening ASC profitability. Learn proven strategies from CCA's VP of Finance for controlling costs while maintaining quality in today's challenging environment.
Mike Lembo
Chief Financial Officer
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.
Senior Vice President of Clinical Operations and Supply Chain
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
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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.
Senior Vice President of Clinical Operations and Supply Chain
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.
Senior Vice President of Clinical Operations and Supply Chain
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.
Senior Vice President of Clinical Operations and Supply Chain
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.
Senior Vice President of Clinical Operations and Supply Chain
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.
Senior Vice President of Clinical Operations and Supply Chain
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.
Senior Vice President of Clinical Operations and Supply Chain
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.
Senior Vice President of Clinical Operations and Supply Chain
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