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PO-06-102 COMPARING ABLATIONS TO ABLATIONS: ARE MANDATED HOSPITAL PRICING LISTS USEFUL FOR COMPARING THE COST OF CARDIAC ABLATION PROCEDURES AT PEER HOSPITALS?

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As of 2019, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services requires that each hospital publish the standard prices of the procedures it offers in a document called a chargemaster. Its effectiveness for comparing scheduled electrophysiology procedures has not been previously described.

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Published Research

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

Hunter Mehaffey Distressed communities are associated with worse outcomes after coronary artery bypass surgery The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery August 2019 Meghana Helder Regional and Temporal Trends in the Outcomes of Repairs for Acute Type A Aortic Dissections The Annals of Thoracic Surgery August 2019 Derrick Tam Surgical valve (..)

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Published Research

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

Hunter Mehaffey 1 Distressed communities are associated with worse outcomes after coronary artery bypass surgery The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery August 2019 Meghana Helder 2 Regional and Temporal Trends in the Outcomes of Repairs for Acute Type A Aortic Dissections The Annals of Thoracic Surgery August 2019 Derrick Tam 2 Surgical (..)