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5 highest paid cardiologists in Nashville

The highest paid cardiologist in Nashville, Tenn., earns $819,800, according to Medscape’s salary reporter tool, which is much higher than the mean annual wage of $421,330 cardiologists make according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Pain physician pleads guilty to kickback scheme 

A pain management physician along with three others pleaded guilty for their roles in a scheme involving kickbacks for toxicology tests. 

The Tenet, HCA & Optum deals shifting the ASC industry in 2024

Here are four major deals from three of the largest ASC operators in the country so far in 2024:

Who's participating in value-based care?

Despite its growing popularity, only 14% of physicians participate in the value-based payment model, according to Medscape’s “Physician Compensation Report 2023.”

10 ways ASCs can counteract rising supply costs

Seemingly endless supply disruptions, rising costs of supplies and labor and decreasing reimbursements are just some of the challenges ASCs have to contend with in 2024.

Unifeye Vision Partners teams up with California ASC

Dallas-based Unifeye Vision Partners entered into a strategic alliance with Spencer Eye Center.

Cedars-Sinai anesthesiologists unionize

All part-time and full-time anesthesiologists at Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai’s Beverly Anesthesiology have unionized.

Business students tackle Piedmont's ASC problem

Atlanta-based Piedmont Hospital recently tasked a group of business students with determining how the hospital could stop losing so much of its surgical business to ASCs in the area, according to a Feb. 2 report from Technique.

HCA continues to target ASCs in 2024

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare set its sights on outpatient care in 2023 — and based on the health system’s recent activity, 2024 is no different. 

How 1 ASC is preparing for cyberattacks

Healthcare-related cyberattacks are on the rise in the U.S., with more than 51.9 million patient records being exposed in 2022 alone.