Over the past several years, there has been a noticeable shift in procedures from the inpatient to the outpatient setting due to advances in technology and the goal of achieving a lower cost of care. Cardiology procedures have been no stranger to this site of service shift. CMS policies have spurred an increase in office-based laboratories (“OBLs”), including catheterization laboratories and vascular access centers and recent CMS rulings have continued to spur the shift of select cardiology procedures to the outpatient setting. As more cardiovascular procedures are moved to an ASC setting, VMG Health has seen the emergence of a “hybrid” business model, which combines an OBL with an ASC. In a hybrid model, the facility typically operates as an OBL on certain days of the week and as an ASC on the others. This model allows a broader range of cardiovascular services to be provided in these hybrid facilities.
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