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Referral Networks, Racial Inequity, and Hospital Quality for Open Heart Surgery

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, Ahead of Print. BACKGROUND:Differences in the quality of hospitals where Black and White patients receive coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery have been documented. Black and White patients were admitted to similar mortality hospitals (3.1% were Blackpatients.

Open-Heart Surgery

Open-Heart Surgery Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Hospital Medicare

CMS Grants Distinct TPT Device Code and Category to Recor Medical for Ultrasound Renal Denervation

DAIC

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have granted the company’s Paradise Ultrasound Renal Denervation system a Transitional Pass-through (TPT) payment. The approval of TPT offers incremental reimbursement payments for outpatient procedures performed with ultrasound renal denervation for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries.

CMS

CMS Ultrasound Blood Pressure Reimbursement

Intensive Versus Traditional Cardiac Rehabilitation: Mortality and Cardiovascular Outcomes in a 2016–2020 Retrospective Medicare Cohort

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, Ahead of Print. Our objective was to determine whether ICR is associated with a mortality and cardiovascular benefit compared with CR.Methods:Retrospective cohort study of Medicare Fee-For-Service beneficiaries in a 100% sample, claims data set.

Cardiac Rehabilitation

Cardiac Rehabilitation Medicare Outcomes Hospital

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Bridging Innovation & Patient Care: The Growing Role of AI

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Impact of Intensity of Vascular Care Preceding Major Amputation Among Patients With Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Ahead of Print. We examined patient, hospital, and geographic characteristics associated with the intensity of vascular care received the year before amputation. 0.98];P=0.019), and those who received care at a safety-net hospital (odds ratio, 0.87 [95% CI, 0.78–0.97];P=0.012)

Vascular Care

Vascular Care Ischemia Medicare Hospital

From the Member Sections | Tackling the Polypharmacy Pandemic in CV Care

American College of Cardiology

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Cardiovascular medications frequently lead this category, often contributing to adverse clinical outcomes, including emergency department visits and hospitalizations. Common cardiovascular ADRs in geriatric patients include acute kidney injury, bleeding and orthostatic hypotension which can lead to hospitalization. Circulation.

Cardiovascular Disease

Cardiovascular Disease Coronary Artery Disease CMS Hospital

Classification Algorithm to Distinguish Between Type 1 and Type 2 Myocardial Infarction in Administrative Claims Data

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

JANUARY 19, 2024

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, Ahead of Print. 2.14]) were associated with higher odds of the hospitalization being for T2MI versus T1MI. Background:Type 2 myocardial infarction (T2MI) and type 1 myocardial infarction (T1MI) differ with respect to demographics, comorbidities, treatments, and clinical outcomes.

Myocardial Infarction

Myocardial Infarction COVID-19 Medicare Hospital

Abstract 4142159: Impact of Tricuspid Regurgitation on Readmission Outcomes in Patients with Heart Failure – United States Population-Based Survey Analysis

Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Circulation, Volume 150, Issue Suppl_1 , Page A4142159-A4142159, November 12, 2024. Subgroup analyses were performed based on (1) gender, (2) age, (3) insurance status, (4) location and teaching status of admitting hospital, and (5) patients’ household neighborhood income quartile.

Heart Failure

Heart Failure Tricuspid Outcomes Medicare

Relationship Between Community-Level Distress and Cardiac Rehabilitation Participation, Facility Access, and Clinical Outcomes After Inpatient Coronary Revascularization

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, Volume 16, Issue 11 , Page e010148, November 1, 2023. to −6.7%]), all-cause hospitalization (−5.9% [95% CI, −6.3% to −5.6%]), and acute myocardial infarction hospitalization (−1.3% [95% CI, −1.5% in prosperous communities to 26.6% in distressed communities.

Cardiac Rehabilitation

Cardiac Rehabilitation Inpatient Myocardial Infarction Outcomes

Racial Disparities in Long-Term Outcomes After Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair in Black and White Medicare Beneficiaries

Circulation

APRIL 7, 2025

Circulation, Ahead of Print. Using a 100% sample of national Medicare data, we identified beneficiaries 66 years of age who underwent intact infrarenal endovascular aortic aneurysm repair. The primary outcome was a composite of endovascular or open aortic reintervention, late aneurysm rupture, and all-cause mortality.

Aneurysm

Aneurysm Medicare Aortic Outcomes

Trends and Outcomes Associated With Bariatric Surgery and Pharmacotherapies With Weight Loss Effects Among Patients With Heart Failure and Obesity

Circulation: Heart Failure

JANUARY 26, 2024

Circulation: Heart Failure, Ahead of Print. Patients who underwent bariatric surgery were matched to controls in a 1:2 ratio (matched on exact age, sex, race, body mass index, HF encounter year, and HF hospitalization rate pre-surgery/matched period). 0.95];P=0.007) and HF hospitalization rate (rate ratio, 0.87 [95% CI, 0.77–0.99];P=0.04).CONCLUSIONS:Bariatric

Heart Failure

Heart Failure Obesity Outcomes Medicare

Days at Home After Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, Ahead of Print. METHODS:Using Medicare-linked data from the Evolut Low Risk trial, we identified 619 patients: 606 (322 TAVR/284 SAVR) and 593 (312 TAVR/281 SAVR) were analyzed at 1 and 2 years, respectively. Secondary outcomes DAH30and DAH90were higher in TAVR (DAH30, 26.0±3.6

Aortic valve

Aortic valve TAVR Aortic Medicare

Referral to Community-Based Rehabilitation Following Acute Stroke: Findings From the COMPASS Pragmatic Trial

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

JANUARY 8, 2024

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, Ahead of Print. In this observational analysis, COMPASS data were supplemented with hospital-level and county-level data from various sources. Referral rates by hospital ranged from 3% to 78% with a median of 35%. 2.44]), and having Medicare insurance (1.12 [1.02–1.23])

Stroke

Stroke Strokes Hospital Medicare

New Guidelines on Peripheral Artery Disease Issued by American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology and Leading Medical Societies

DAIC

MAY 16, 2024

FAHA , co-director of the Vascular Center at the University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute and a professor of medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine , both in Cleveland, Ohio. Rates of referral for supervised exercise therapy among PAD patients are incredibly low.

Peripheral Arterial Disease

Peripheral Arterial Disease Exercise Ischemia Quality of Life

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Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

APRIL 20, 2023

Institutional Coronary Artery Bypass Case Volumes and Outcomes European Journal of Heart Failure October 2023 Makoto Mori Robotic Mitral Valve Repair for Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation The Annals of Thoracic Surgery August 2023 Carlos Diaz-Castrillion Volume-Failure to Rescue Relationship in Acute Type A Aortic Dissections: An Analysis of The Society (..)

Research

Research Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Aortic valve Congenital

Published Research

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

APRIL 20, 2023

Institutional Coronary Artery Bypass Case Volumes and Outcomes European Journal of Heart Failure October 2023 Makoto Mori 1 Robotic Mitral Valve Repair for Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation The Annals of Thoracic Surgery August 2023 Carlos Diaz-Castrillion 2 Volume-Failure to Rescue Relationship in Acute Type A Aortic Dissections: An Analysis of The (..)

Research

Research Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Aortic valve Congenital

Referral Networks, Racial Inequity, and Hospital Quality for Open Heart Surgery

CMS Grants Distinct TPT Device Code and Category to Recor Medical for Ultrasound Renal Denervation

Intensive Versus Traditional Cardiac Rehabilitation: Mortality and Cardiovascular Outcomes in a 2016–2020 Retrospective Medicare Cohort

Webinars

Impact of Intensity of Vascular Care Preceding Major Amputation Among Patients With Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia

From the Member Sections | Tackling the Polypharmacy Pandemic in CV Care

Classification Algorithm to Distinguish Between Type 1 and Type 2 Myocardial Infarction in Administrative Claims Data

Abstract 4142159: Impact of Tricuspid Regurgitation on Readmission Outcomes in Patients with Heart Failure – United States Population-Based Survey Analysis

Relationship Between Community-Level Distress and Cardiac Rehabilitation Participation, Facility Access, and Clinical Outcomes After Inpatient Coronary Revascularization

Racial Disparities in Long-Term Outcomes After Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair in Black and White Medicare Beneficiaries

Trends and Outcomes Associated With Bariatric Surgery and Pharmacotherapies With Weight Loss Effects Among Patients With Heart Failure and Obesity

Days at Home After Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients

Referral to Community-Based Rehabilitation Following Acute Stroke: Findings From the COMPASS Pragmatic Trial

New Guidelines on Peripheral Artery Disease Issued by American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology and Leading Medical Societies

Published Research

Published Research

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