As the healthcare landscape changes, physicians should hold on for the ride. A new payment system is coming to town, causing confusion and imposing new requirements on physicians who see Medicare patients. Here’s a tutorial on what I’m calling MACRAnomics 101.

There are many challenges ahead for cardiovascular health care, including how to deal with the issues facing physicians in a climate of constant change. On April 7^th, Sanjeev Gulati, MD, medical director of heart failure and transplant services at Carolinas HealthCare System’s Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute, will co-present at the CV Transforum Spring’16 conference in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. He’ll focus on how to improve the care of heart failure patients, while reducing hospital readmissions and unnecessary ED visits. Here’s glimpse into Dr. Gulati and his work.

Asking people to pay more of the health care is an emotionally charged and financially painful subject, and I’m not calling for people to have to pay even more. But it’s also possible that paying a greater portion may be a necessary part of the reformation of ...

In anticipation of Meghan Emig’s presentation on HF Clinic Development and Success Story with Dr. Sanjeev Gulati at the CV Transforum Spring’16 conference. On Thursday, April 7th, we sat down with Meghan to learn more about her and her work.

Where are we in our transition from volume to value? Are we really moving away from fee-for-service and toward value-based reimbursement?

MedAxiom is honored to welcome top CV thought leaders to present at our conferences throughout the year. Dr. Xiaoyan Huang, President-Elect and Invasive Cardiologist at Providence Milwaukie Hospital in Portland, OR, is one such leader.