Cardiology

Point Pleasant, W.Va.-based Rivers Health added George Linsenmeyer, MD, to its staff.

Watertown, N.Y.-based Samaritan Medical has added cardiology services through the acquisition of Cardiology Associates of Northern New York, now known as Samaritan Cardiology, according to a Feb. 7 report from ABC affiliate WWTI. 

Digital healthcare company Delve Health has partnered to integrate AliveCor's EKG device with its LiveCare Link + smart RPM gateway.

Healthgrades recently released its rankings of the top hospitals for cardiology in 23 states.

Here are seven headlines from the cardiology ASC industry that Becker's has reported on since Jan. 3:

Heart & Vascular Partners, a Deerfield, Ill.-based management services company, partnered with St. Louis Heart & Vascular. 

Kozhaya Sokhon, MD, a cardiologist at AdvaCardio in The Woodlands, Texas, has been arrested and accused of engaging in inappropriate sexual conduct with multiple patients.

The highest paid cardiologist in Nashville, Tenn., earns $819,800, 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 recently released its rankings of the top hospitals for cardiac surgery.

One month into 2024, the FDA has already issued recalls for several medical devices, surgical devices, masks and medication.