A veteran cardiologist with Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston) has filed a lawsuit claiming she was being paid nearly $100,000 less than a less experienced male colleague, according to a July 30 Cardiovascular Business report.
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Pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers reportedly paid cardiology fellows a total of $13.3 million between 2014 and 2021, according to a July 31 report from Medscape.
Cardiology is one of the fastest-growing specialties for ASCs, and many leaders feel this growth will only accelerate as payers, investors and physicians realize the opportunities.
Cardiology is growing in the ASC world. Here are five things to know about the industry's rise:
Cardiology-specific ASCs are faced with new challenges as payers update policies amid these high-acuity procedures' migration to the outpatient setting.
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Cardiology is one of the biggest opportunities for ASC growth as procedures are increasingly approved for the outpatient setting.
Newsweek and research firm Statista released their annual rankings of the best hospitals in the U.S. for cardiac care, which includes four hospitals in California in the top 25.
The Olympic Medical Heart Center added Zina Hajduczok, MD, to its cardiology team.
Newsweek has partnered with research firm Statista to release its annual ranking of the best hospitals in the U.S. for cardiac care.
Here are three cardiology practices that opened or began development in the last month, as reported by Becker's since June 27: