Cardio Procedures Are Moving Out of Hospitals. Is That Good?

The way cardiovascular care is delivered in the US is changing rapidly. Procedures once limited to hospitals are now increasingly performed in outpatient clinics such as ambulatory surgery centers and office-based laboratories (OBLs). In 2022, 65% of outpatient peripheral vascular interventions in Medicare beneficiaries were performed in OBLs. The volume of procedures done in ASCs is projected to rise by 21% by 2034, according to a recent analysis published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology .

“Cardiovascular procedures that were traditionally thought of as only being able to be performed in the hospital setting are increasingly performed in a safer manner such that their conduct in facilities outside of hospitals is not only possible but being encouraged in many way