CONTENTS
2 | Reducing Length-of-Stay
Post Amputation
3 | Robotics Can Improve Cath
Lab Economics by Saving
Stents—$1000 Guarantee
4 | Perspectives on ACE Reaccreditation
8 | Personal Employee Recognition for Engagement, Enthusiasm
and Retention
Robotics Can Improve Cath Lab Economics
by Saving Stents—$1000 Guarantee
As reimbursement in the cath lab continues to decline, providers across the country are looking
for ways to decrease procedural costs without impacting patient care. It is not a surprise that a
significant cost for each stent procedure is the stent itself. Medicare reimbursement rates are
set assuming that each lesion treated will be treated with just one stent, however the data show
that in the U.S. 1.211 stents are used per lesion. Unreimbursed stents can have a negative impact on F