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

A cardiovascular-focused ASC has opened in Flowood, Miss.

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

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 Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare's ASC chain, United Surgical Partners International, is looking to cardiology to drive growth, according to a July 31 earnings call transcribed by Seeking Alpha. 

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

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

Cardiologists earn an average of $507,000 annually, according to Medscape's "Cardiologist Wealth and Debt 2023" report, published July 26. 

Healthgrades has ranked the top 100 for cardiac care in 2023, including 11 hospitals in California.

Orlando Health has opened its newest facility in The Villages, Fla., a cardiac care facility that will focus on diagnostics, treatment and preventive care. 

Healthgrades has released its rankings for the top 100 hospitals for cardiac care in 2023, recognizing hospitals that provide superior patient outcomes in heart bypass surgery, coronary interventional procedures, heart attack treatment, heart failure treatment and heart valve surgery.

California, the state with the largest population, has the most active cardiologists while Wyoming, the state with the smallest population, has the fewest, according to May data from KFF.

Fountain Life, a health technology company, created an artificial intelligence-enabled coronary artery scan that can detect if a patient is at risk for a heart attack up to 10 years before displaying symptoms, according to a July 24 report from Fagen Wasanni.

Here are five cardiology legal battles that Becker's has reported on in 2023 so far: 

Auburn (N.Y.) Heart Institute has added Doria Scortichini, MD, to its cardiology team. 

The Advanced Heart and Vascular Center of New Mexico is moving to a new location in Albuquerque and adding an advanced ASC, according to a July 20 report from the Carlsbad Current Argus.

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Ian Meredith, MD, has joined healthcare technology company Avertix Medical's board of directors. 

Naseer Nasser, MD, joined Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Physician Network, according to a July 12 report by nwi.life.

Boise, Id.-based St. Luke's Wood River Cardiology has received more than $100,000 in community donations to purchase echocardiogram and electrocardiogram units, according to a July 12 report from Idaho Mountain Express.