Arizona Heart Institute

Arizona Heart Institute is a cardiovascular medical center in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Arizona Heart was the country’s first freestanding outpatient clinic solely dedicated to prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heart and blood vessel disease.

History

Arizona Heart Institute was founded by Edward Diethrich^[1] in 1971.

In 2009, the institute paid the American Federal government USD$675 000 in re-imbursement for ten carotid artery stenting procedures which were billed to, but not covered by, Medicare.^[2]

The Institute filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2010, ultimately being entirely sold to Vanguard Health Systems's subsidiary company Abrazo Health Care.^[3][4][5][6] Purchasing the Arizona Heart Institute lead Abrazo to begin clinical trials at other facilities it owned as well.^[7]

References

1. ↑ Angela Gonzales (16 November 2008). "Arizona Heart Institute gets a leg up with human clinical trials". Phoenix Business Journal. 
2. ↑ Angela Gonzales (23 September 2009). "Arizona Heart Hospital to pay $675K to settle Medicare claim case". Phoenix Business Journal. 
3. ↑ Ken Alltucker (3 August 2010). "Arizona Heart Institute files for Chapter 11". The Arizona Republic. 
4. ↑ Ken Alltucker (10 August 2010). "Vanguard to purchase Arizona Heart Hospital, Institute". The Arizona Republic. 
5. ↑ April Wortham (March 25, 2011). "Doctors in demand: Hospital companies look to buy large physician groups". Nashville Business Journal. 
6. ↑ Dan Hieb (2 August 2010). "Vanguard Health Systems buys two Chicago hospitals; Arizona cardiovascular care clinics". Nashville Business Journal. 
7. ↑ Angela Gonzales (July 20, 2012). "Abrazo's community hospitals blaze new trails with research". Phoenix Business Journal. 

External links

• Official website