Extending Medicare reimbursement for cardiac catheter ablation to settings outside the hospital is expected to boost procedure volumes and benefit Abbott, Boston Scientific, J&J and Medtronic.

A new scientific statement from the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) lays out guiding principles around the performance of intracardiac ablation procedures in ...

With ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) continuing to emerge as alternatives to hospital-based care, “appropriately selected procedures in the field of cardiac electrophysiology … could increasingly ...

Pulsed field ablation catheters shown here are for (from top to bottom) Boston Scientific’s Farapulse, Medtronic’s Affera, Medtronic’s Pulse Select, J&J’s Varipulse, and Abbott’s Volt. [Image courtesy ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued the 2026 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System final rule. CMS has ...

NEW ORLEANS, LA—Two new studies, both presented recently at the American Heart Association 2025 Scientific Sessions, tackle the different sides of the risk-benefit equation when it comes to the use of ...