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Physician pay based on volume persists in health systems & 5 more study findings
Here are six studies published by Becker’s in the last two weeks:
USPI: 4 updates in January
Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International, a Tenet Healthcare company, is the largest ASC chain in the country with 438 surgery centers.
Missouri physician-owned medical group to move into $17M ASC
Jefferson City (Mo.) Medical Group plans to move into a $17 million, 28,000-square-foot surgery center this spring, the New Tribune reported Jan. 30.
‘Quality, luxury & profitability’: The secret to this bariatric ASC’s success
R&R Surgical Institute, an ASC in Torrance, Calif., has seen tremendous growth in the three and a half years since it opened and achieved accreditation through the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program this y…
5 ways the Biden administration has disrupted the ASC industry
Amar Setty, MD, CEO of Baltimore-based Patient Premier, joined Becker’s ASC Review to discuss President Joe Biden’s performance in the last year.
26-physician ASC real estate sold in Arizona
Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has sold the Tri-City Surgery Center in Prescott, Ariz., the real estate company said Jan. 30.
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.
