Mobile, Ala.-based USA Health Cardiology has relocated from its existing facility in Dauphin, Ala., to a new physician office building that opened to patients July 1. 

Approximately 22 million Americans need to travel almost 90 miles round trip to seek specialty cardiology care, according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 

Healthgrades recently released its rankings for the best hospitals in the U.S. for cardiac care, including eight in Florida.

Prabodh Mehta, MD, a longtime cardiologist at Baptist Health Medical Group Cardiology in Elizabethtown, Ky., will retire July 19 following 34 years in the field, according to a July 1 report from The News-Enterprise.

Jon Kobashigawa, MD, director of the heart transplant program at Cedars-Sinai, assumed the role of president of the American Society of Transplantation.

New York City-based NYU Langone has added a cardiology group in Atlantis, Fla., to its care network. 

Over the last 10 years, 342 cardiology clinics have been acquired by private equity firms. Over 94% of those acquisitions occurred between 2021 and 2023, according to research presented at the 2024 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting. 

Cardiovascular procedures are ASCs' next frontier, as more high-acuity procedures become approved for the outpatient setting. 

Here are three updates on the cardiology industry, as reported by Becker's since June 10:

Humble, Texas-based Modern Heart and Vascular Institute has broken ground on a 100,000-square-foot facility in Humble, according to a June 27 report from the Houston Business Journal. 

Here are three new cardiology practices and clinics that have opened that Becker's has reported on since May 30:

Boston Scientific plans to acquire carotid artery device specialist Silk Road Medical for $1.26 billion, further expanding its cardiology portfolio. 

Fishersville, Va.-based Augusta Health has earned the American College of Cardiology's Heart Failure Accreditation with Outpatient Services, according to a June 25 report from the Augusta Free Press. 

Harold Rutenberg, MD, former chief of the cardiology division at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, has died at 89, according to a June 6 report from The Philadelphia Inquirer. 

The FBI is investigating three Texas Medical Center facilities over alleged violations during complicated operations, according to a June 25 report from ABC affiliate KTRK.

Cardiologists earned a mean annual wage of $423,250 in 2023, a slight uptick from the $421,330 average annual wage the profession earned in 2022, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Kathryn Moore, PhD, director of the Cardiovascular Research Center at NYU Langone Health, received the Lefoulon-Delalande Institut de France Grand Prize in Science for 2024.

Here are five cardiologist that have made headlines in the last two weeks, as reported by Becker's since May 30:

Jimmy Howick, MD, started out as a professional baseball player but an injury derailed his athletic career. He is now training to become a cardiologist, according to a June 12 report by Mayo Clinic.

A federal judge denied a motion to dismiss claims that the former president, CFO and partial owner of Cardiac Imaging violated Stark law, according to court documents.