Cardiology

Sixteen separate cardiology practices across 12 states have agreed to pay a total of more than $17.7 million to resolve allegations they overbilled Medicare for diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals. 

The highest-paid cardiologist in Tampa, Fla., earns $892,600, according to Medscape's salary reporter tool, which is much higher than the mean annual wage of $423,250 cardiologists make according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Samuel Family Cardiology is planning to open a new location, according to a Dec. 19 report from Community Impact.

Scott Baldwin, MD, chief of the division of pediatric cardiology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, is stepping down in 2025.

DocGo, a mobile medical services provider, has expanded its partnership with SHL Telemedicine to integrate its 12-lead ECG devices across its mobile healthcare network nationwide, according to Stock Titan. 

The University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center in Glen Burnie has opened a new cardiology and pulmonary care practice within its outpatient care center, CityBiz reported Dec. 17. 

Richmond-based Virginia Cardiovascular Specialists has opened the state's first freestanding, Medicare-certified outpatient cardiac catheterization lab within VCS' Heart and Vascular Center, an ASC. 

Here are four data breaches and privacy events affecting cardiology practices in 2024, as reported by Becker's.

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai has earned a $35 million charitable gift to advance research in interventional cardiology. 

Dalton, Ga.-based Hamilton Physician Group Cardiology, part of Vitruvian Health, has added Sonny Achtchi, DO, to its staff.