Hospitals in N.J. seek to perform elective angioplasties

Tim Casey | June 02, 2015 | Cardiovascular Business | Interventional Cardiology

Eleven hospitals in New Jersey that do not offer cardiac surgeries onsite are seeking to perform elective angioplasties on an elective basis. The state currently allows 18 hospitals to perform the procedures.

Hospitals ask permission to perform non-emergency, elective angioplasties

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Tim Casey joined TriMed Media Group in 2015 as Executive Editor. For the previous four years, he worked as an editor and writer for HMP Communications, primarily focused on covering managed care issues and reporting from medical and health care conferences. He was also a staff reporter at the Sacramento Bee for more than four years covering professional, college and high school sports. He earned his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA degree from Georgetown University.

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Hospitals in N.J. seek to perform elective angioplasties

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