Founded in 1991, Advanced Cardiac Specialists is a privately owned clinic providing cardiovascular care and internal medicine services. The clinic s preventive maintenance services include primary and secondary preventive health maintenance and routine health screening. It offers complete care and treatment for hyperlipidemia, hypertension and diabetes and operates its own cardiac catheterization laboratories. Its research department maintains computerized coronary angioplasty, peripheral vascular intervention and heart failure registries. ACS accepts insurance plans of many insurance companies, such as United Healthcare, Medicare, Aetna, Cigna, USA Managed Care and Schaller Anderson. It has 14 offices in Arizona, with more than 29 physicians and a staff of over 350 employees. ACS participates in educational and community outreach programs throughout the state.