Arizona Heart Institute

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Arizona Heart Institute
Type Private
Industry Health Care
Founded1971
Headquarters Phoenix, Arizona
ProductsHealth care Services, Emergency room services, and medical group and primary care facilities (2009-2010)
Website www.AZheart.com/

Arizona Heart Institute is a cardiovascular medical center in Phoenix, Arizona, United States founded by Edward Diethrich in 1971. [1]

In 2009, the institute paid the US government US$675 000 in re-imbursement for ten carotid artery stenting procedures which were billed to, but not covered by, Medicare. [2] These expenses and others led the institute to file for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2010, ultimately being entirely sold to Vanguard Health Systems's subsidiary company Abrazo Health Care. [3] [4] Purchasing the Arizona Heart Institute led Abrazo to begin clinical trials at other facilities it owned as well. [5]

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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. Angela Gonzales (July 20, 2012). "Abrazo's community hospitals blaze new trails with research". Phoenix Business Journal.