How will owning an outpatient lab with CCA affect my relationship with the hospital?
Large cardiology groups have significant influence with hospitals, particularly when there is more than one quality hospital in a growing market, and such influence is often crucial when planning new clinical programs that compete with hospital services. A physician-owned outpatient cath lab will ultimately benefit the hospital by identifying more patients in need of inpatient interventional procedures and cardiac bypass surgery as a result of increased volume of outpatient diagnostic cath lab procedures (resulting from more efficient operation of the outpatient cath lab facility). By allowing physicians to focus on providing outpatient services in the most patient-friendly and lowest-cost setting, the hospital will be able to focus on providing inpatient care for patients in need of acute care. In markets where cardiologists own an outpatient cath lab facility, it can be demonstrated that the entire market for inpatient and outpatient cardiac services grows. The referral of more patie
