Cardiology

Federal prosecutors have dismissed healthcare fraud charges against former cardiologist Richard Paulus, MD, The Daily Independent reported Jan. 3. 

Lawrence Phillips, MD, has been appointed president of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology.

Healthgrades released its top 50 hospitals in the U.S. for cardiac surgery in 2024.

Saint Mary's Health Network and Renown Health, both based in Reno, Nev., have reached a temporary agreement in an ongoing monopoly dispute, according to a Jan. 4 report from the Reno Gazette Journal.

The average cost to visit a cardiologist in a hospital or surgery center in Alaska is between $126 and $168, the highest out of any U.S. state, according to Sidecar Health's care calculator.

For years, ASC leaders have mentioned cardiology as being the industry's next big ticket specialty. However, the golden age of cardiology has yet to come.

The highest paid cardiologist in Cincinnati earns $746,300, 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.

Artificial intelligence primary care company K Health has entered into an agreement with Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic to work with cardiologists to develop a cardiac clinical AI solution.

From prior authorization updates to new acquisitions, here are 10 moves that significantly affected the cardiology space in 2023.

Here are nine updates in the cardiology and ASC space that Becker's has reported on since Dec. 11: