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Independent coverage of physician-led outpatient electrophysiology, alongside first-party announcements from ACCESS on partnerships, programs, and clinical registry milestones.

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ACCESS in the news.

Independent reporting
Modern Healthcare

ASC GPO inks deal with J&J for cardiac electrophysiology tech

August 10, 2026
By Lauren Dubinsky

Independent reporting on ACCESS, its physician-led MSO and GPO structure, and the Johnson & Johnson agreement.

Read at Modern Healthcare→
Earned Media

More independent coverage.

Medtech Insight
J&J Bets On Outpatient Ablation Boom With ACCESS GPO Electrophysiology Deal

Positions ACCESS within the broader outpatient ablation shift rather than restating the announcement.

August 12, 2026
By Shubham Singh
Medical Economics
ACCESS GPO signs multiyear cardiac electrophysiology agreement with Johnson & Johnson for ambulatory surgery centers

Substantial coverage with commentary from Vivek Reddy, Arash Aryana, and Vijay Swarup, set against ASC economics and the outpatient EP movement.

August 10, 2026
By Todd Shryock
ASC News
ASC Technology Roundup: Distalmotion's DEXTER Cleared for Ventral Hernia Repairs; J&J Inks Electrophysiology Pact with ACCESS GPO

Reaches the ambulatory surgery center audience directly.

August 2026
Becker's ASC Review
Medtronic inks ASC deal with Access GPO

Describes ACCESS as a physician-governed GPO focused on electrophysiology, reporting on the Medtronic Affera and Sphere-9 agreement.

March 13, 2026
By Sophie Eydis
Medical Product Outsourcing
Medtronic, ACCESS GPO Craft Supply Agreement for Affera Mapping and Ablation System

Medtech industry coverage, broadening reach beyond ASC publications.

May 21, 2026
Announcement Pickups

Additional media coverage.

Publications that carried the ACCESS announcement.

Cardiac Vascular News · August 10, 2026
ACCESS Announces Multi-Year Strategic Agreement to Bring Advanced Cardiac Electrophysiology Technologies to Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Read at Cardiac Vascular News→
Today's Medical Developments · August 2026
Johnson & Johnson, ACCESS partner to support advanced cardiac electrophysiology technologies in ambulatory surgery centers
Read at Today's Medical Developments→
The Pharma Data · August 11, 2026
ACCESS Announces Multi-Year Strategic Agreement to Expand Advanced Cardiac Electrophysiology Technologies in Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Read at The Pharma Data→
First-Party

ACCESS press releases.

Johnson & Johnson
August 10, 2026
ACCESS Announces Multi-Year Strategic Agreement to Bring Advanced Cardiac Electrophysiology Technologies to Ambulatory Surgery Centers

A preferred portfolio agreement covering CARTO, mapping, intracardiac imaging, and RF and PFA technologies for ACCESS GPO member centers.

Read the announcement at Business Wire→
Medtronic
March 13, 2026
ACCESS GPO Announces Preferred Strategic Commercial Agreement to Provide Affera Mapping and Ablation System with Sphere-9 Catheter to Ambulatory Surgery Centers

The original announcement of the multiyear Medtronic relationship bringing the Affera mapping and ablation system to ambulatory surgery centers.

Read the announcement at Business Wire→
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