Access to Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Under New Medicare Surgical Volume Requirements

Michael P Thompson; Alexander A Brescia; Hechuan Hou; Francis D Pagani; Devraj Sukul; Justin B Dimick; Donald S Likosky

doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2020.0443

Access to Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Under New Medicare Surgical Volume Requirements

JAMA Cardiol. 2020 Jun 1;5(6):729-732. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2020.0443.

Authors

Michael P Thompson^{1

2}, Alexander A Brescia^{1

2}, Hechuan Hou¹, Francis D Pagani^{1

2}, Devraj Sukul³, Justin B Dimick^{2

4}, Donald S Likosky^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor.
² Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
³ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of General Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor.
⁴ Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor.

Abstract

This cohort study examines the frequency and characteristics of non–transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) hospitals that do or do not meet new surgical volume requirements compared with TAVR hospitals.

Publication types

Multicenter Study
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aortic Valve / surgery*
Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery*
Humans
Medicare / legislation & jurisprudence*
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement / standards*
United States

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding