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UPMC moves surgeries to ASCs, drops OR availability to handle staff vacancies
Moving surgeries to ASCs and decreasing operating room availability by 15 percent helped the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center handle a 30 percent staff shortage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study presented at an American Socie…
Specialties with biggest salary hikes: Plastic surgeons up 10%
Plastic surgeons saw the biggest average increase in salary among all specialists in 2021, according to an annual report published Jan. 26 by advisory group Physicians Thrive.
USPI vs. SCA vs. Surgery Partners: How big 3 stack up
The largest ASC chains keep getting bigger, and three of the top companies have hundreds of ASCs and thousands of physicians.
Mastermind of $9M physician kickback scheme gets 5 years in prison: 4 details
The CEO of several medical imaging companies in California has been sentenced to five years in prison for spearheading a billing fraud scheme that paid millions in kickbacks to physicians.
Kentucky ASC to focus on lung cancer treatment
Danville, Ky.-based Ephraim McDowell Health is opening a lung surgery center on Feb. 1, The Advocate-Messenger reported Jan. 30.
Price transparency and ASCs: 7 insights
Here are seven insights into price transparency and ASCs from the last year:
10 specialties with highest projected physician shortage
Cardiology has the highest projected shortage of physicians, according to Physicians Thrive’s “2022 Physician Compensation Report.”
Will CMS physician pay cuts ever happen?
Potential Medicare pay cuts associated with the 2010 sequestration have loomed large on Capitol Hill for the last decade, but lawmakers continue to kick the can down the road.
Stryker says nearly 10% of its knee business is in ASCs
ASCs comprised nearly 10 percent of Stryker’s knee business last year, and the company expects the move of orthopedic surgeries to the outpatient setting will continue.
American Surgical Centers opens 2nd location
Bloomfield Township, Mich., has gotten its first ASC, according to a Jan. 4 Hometown Life article.
