There is a wide disparity in what Medicare pays healthcare providers for the cost of an angioplasty, according to a new Health of America Report using Blue Cross and Blue Shield data. At the top end, ...

DALLAS, June 29 – Repeating balloon angioplasty and/or stenting procedures to open narrowed arteries in elderly patients may add more than $700 million a year to Medicare expenses, according to a ...

CHICAGO -- Much-anticipated new drug-covered stents, expected to cost three times more than the standard variety, could actually save money in the long run by reducing heart patients' need for ...

Hospitals will face growing pressure to reduce costs and improve outcomes as transparency programs reveal comparative performance. The burning in his chest and aching in his arm told Charles, a ...

CHICAGO -- Much-anticipated new drug-covered stents, expected to cost three times more than the standard variety, could actually save money in the long run by reducing heart patients' need for ...

More than 229,000 unnecessary coronary stents were performed at U.S. hospitals from 2019 to 2021 — a rate of one every seven minutes, according to a newly published report from the Lown Institute. The ...

Much-anticipated new drug-covered stents, expected to cost three times more than the standard variety, could actually save money in the long run by reducing heart patients' need for expensive repeat ...

Objective: To review recent US cost estimates ofrevascularization and discuss their implications forthird-party payers. Study Design and Methods: A literature reviewwas performed using MEDLINE. The ...

MILWAUKEE – A medical device being tested at hospitals around the country is being hailed as one of the biggest breakthroughs in the treatment of heart disease in a decade. Health officials say the ...

Stent grafts may be more effective than balloon angioplasty in prolonging the function of stenosed arteriovenous access grafts and in lowering the likelihood of requiring additional interventions, ...

A new study gives fresh evidence that many people with clogged heart arteries are being overtreated with stents, and that a simple blood-flow test might help prevent unnecessary care. Fewer deaths, ...