The highest paid cardiologist in Phoenix earns $884,900, according to Medscape's salary reporter tool, which is much higher than the mean annual wage of $421,330 cardiologists make,according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

HeartX and MedAxiom partnered with 11 cardiology practices around the country to select five startup healthcare companies as part of a 2023 accelerator program. 

Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare is moving its heart and vascular care services to one location on its Audubon, Ky., campus, according to an Oct. 12 report from CBS affiliate WLKY. 

Healthgrades ranked the top 50 hospitals for cardiac surgery in 2023, including two in Indiana.

Poplar Bluffs (Mo.) Regional Medical Center has added Michael Lim, MD, to its medical staff.

The American Heart Association has identified a significant association between cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, Type 2 diabetes and obesity, defining a new condition: cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome. 

Cardiac Imaging Inc. and its founder and CEO, Sam Kancherlapalli, have agreed to pay more than $85 million to resolve allegations that they paid referring cardiologist excessive fees to supervise PET scans. 

Kansas City, Mo.-based Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute has performed its 1,000th heart transplant, becoming the 23rd facility in the country to reach the milestone. 

The highest paid cardiologist in Philadelphia earns $770,300, according to Medscape's salary reporter tool, which is much higher than the mean annual wage of $421,330 cardiologists make according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Healthgrades ranked the top 50 hospitals for cardiac surgery in 2023, including six in Illinois.

Here are ten cardiology updates Becker's has reported on since Sept. 6:

Here are nine cardiologists that have joined new hospitals and organizations that Becker's has reported on since Aug. 10:

Sri Sundaram, MD, a cardiologist at South Denver Cardiology, is board certified in cardiology, cardiac electrophysiology and nuclear cardiology. He also serves as chief medical officer of Empower Medical Devices. 

Here are three moves that shook up the cardiology industry so far this year:

Here are cardiologists in the news on whom Becker's has reported since Sept. 12:

Full-time cardiologists in the South earn the most compared to other regions, according to MedAxiom's "2023 Cardiovascular Provider Compensation and Production Survey Report."

The income gap between health system-integrated cardiologists and private practice cardiologists widened in 2022, with integrated physicians earning $57,000 more than their private counterparts, according to a 2023 report from MedAxiom, an affiliate of the American College of Cardiology.

Healthgrades ranked the top 50 hospitals for cardiac surgery in 2023, including three in Florida.

Here are two new cardiology partnerships formed in September, reported by Becker's since Sept. 14:

Chillicothe, Ohio-based Adena Health has paused its cardiac surgical program, effective immediately, following an internal review and an assessment by healthcare operations consultancy firm HealthLinx.