The highest-paid cardiologist in Charlotte, N.C., earns $947,300, 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.
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University Hospitals in Cleveland added Bernardo Cortese, MD, as co-director of the UH Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute's Coronary Center.
Peterborough, N.H.-based Monadnock Community Hospital is opening its own cardiology department in the fall, aiming to address a care shortage, according to a July 30 report from The Keene Sentinel.
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.
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.
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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.
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.