For more than 30 years, U.S. News & World Report has ranked the top hospitals in America for different specialties by state and nationwide. 

Orange Beach, Ala.-based Southern Rapid Care has added Ken Francez, MD.

Healthgrades has ranked the top 100 hospitals for cardiac care in 2023, including 10 hospitals in New York.

Cardiologists practicing in Lafayette, La., earn an average of $613,553 a year — $106,553 more than the national average, according to data from Medscape.

Cardiology ASC the Heart & Rhythm Institute of Trinity (Fla.) has partnered with Avertix Medical, a company focused on improving long-term management for coronary disease patients, to make Avertix's Guardian System available to the ASC's patients and physicians. 

Mobile-integrated care provider MedArrive has partnered with tech-enabled virtual cardiology company Heartbeat Health to better serve Medicaid beneficiaries. 

Healthgrades has ranked the top 100 hospitals for cardiac care in 2023, including three hospitals in New Jersey.

Here are five compensation statistics cardiologists should know, using data from Medscape:

On average, cardiologists nationwide earn $507,000 a year, according to the most recent data from Medscape. However, the highest paid cardiologists in cities including New York City and Los Angeles make far more, with salaries surpassing $1 million. 

Essentia Health-Fargo (Minn.) has added cardiologist Abdallah Mansour, MD. 

Bangor, Maine-based Northern Light Cardiology has added Thorarinn Arni Bjarnason, MD, to its team of cardiologists.

On Sept. 1, UnitedHealthcare is set to begin a two-phased approach to eliminate prior authorization requirements for several procedure codes, including 12 cardiology-related codes. The code removals will account for almost 20 percent of its overall prior authorization volume. 

Houma, La.-based Cardiovascular Institute of the South is set to add three new cardiologists to its team: Ayush Arora, MD, McCall Walker, MD, and Paritosh Kafle, MD, according to an Aug. 14 report from Biz New Orleans.

Healthgrades has ranked the top 100 hospitals for cardiac care in 2023, including three hospitals in Minnesota.

The American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology joined various other organizations in issuing an updated guideline for managing patients with chronic coronary disease, according to an Aug. 11 report from Cardiology Advisor.

Phillip Erwin, MD, PhD, has joined My Cardiologist at its Boca Raton, Fla., location. 

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Healthgrades has ranked the top 100 hospitals for cardiac care in 2023, including five hospitals in Michigan.

Three Los Angeles hospitals appeared in the U.S. News & World Report "Best Hospitals for Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Surgery" ranking.

U.S. News & World Report has named its top cardiology, heart and vascular surgery hospitals in the U.S. for 2023 and 2024, including nine hospitals in New York City.