Cardiology

The income gap between health system-integrated cardiologists and private practice cardiologists widened in 2022, with integrated physicians earning $57,000 more than their private counterparts, according to a 2023 report from MedAxiom, an affiliate of the American College of Cardiology.

Healthgrades ranked the top 50 hospitals for cardiac surgery in 2023, including three in Florida.

Here are two new cardiology partnerships formed in September, reported by Becker's since Sept. 14:

Chillicothe, Ohio-based Adena Health has paused its cardiac surgical program, effective immediately, following an internal review and an assessment by healthcare operations consultancy firm HealthLinx. 

The highest paid cardiologist in San Francisco earns $860,000, 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.

The cardiovascular specialty might just be the ASC industry's next golden child. 

Healthgrades ranked the top 50 hospitals for cardiac surgery in 2023, including 13 in California.

Healthgrades ranked the top 50 hospitals for cardiac surgery in 2023, including two in Alabama.

Klaus Peter Rentrop, MD, a cardiologist at New York City-based Gramercy Cardiac Diagnostic Services, will pay $6.5 million to settle allegations he  paid millions of dollars in kickbacks to physicians and their practices for patient referrals. 

The American College of Cardiology, the Heart Failure Society of America, the Heart Rhythm Society, and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions have come together to create a new board for cardiovascular medicine.