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Baylor St. Luke’s Settles Concurrent Cardiac Surgery Case

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However, a Medicare fraud settlement featuring some of Houston’s most prominent institutions and cardiac surgeons reveals the pitfalls of this incentive structure. District Attorney’s office decided that this amounted to Medicare fraud. Luke’s previous director of transplant surgery). cardiac surgeon.

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Procyrion Announces First Patient Enrollments in the DRAIN-HF Pivotal IDE Trial for Aortix Percutaneous Mechanical Circulatory Support Technology

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The first patient in the randomized portion of the trial was enrolled by Bassem Chehab, MD, FACC , at the Ascension Via Christi Hospital. "I The first patient in the registry was enrolled at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan by Gillian Grafton, DO. I am thrilled to enroll the first patient in this important trial.

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BioCardia Announces CMS Approval of Coverage for CardiAMP Cell Therapy Confirmatory Phase III Heart Failure Study

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CMS has reviewed the CardiAMP Heart Failure II Trial and approved the investigational product, related and routine items and services for purposes of Medicare coverage. Getty Images milla1cf Wed, 03/13/2024 - 16:49 March 13, 2024 — BioCardia, Inc. , Getty Images milla1cf Wed, 03/13/2024 - 16:49 March 13, 2024 — BioCardia, Inc. ,

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Published Research

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

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 (..)

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Published Research

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

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 (..)