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Kelsey-Seybold Clinic Texas medical campus delayed

The opening of Pearland,Texas-based Kelsey-Seybold Clinic’s new medical campus in Spring, Texas, has been delayed to the third quarter of 2023, Community Impact reported June 7.

The ASC growth opportunities that caught 1 CEO's attention

As the population ages and certificate-of-need laws decrease, Philip Blair, CEO of Surgery Center Services of America, is seeing a lot of opportunity for ASC growth. 

'When we got into this game, it was all just ophthalmology': The complications of ASC billing

Philip Blair, CEO of Surgery Center Services of America, spoke with Becker’s about his ASC companies’ biggest growth targets and why cardiology is so important for ASCs. 

Merck to challenge Biden administration's drug negotiation program: 'Tantamount to extortion'

Drugmaker Merck has filed a lawsuit against Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra in a federal court alleging that President Joe Biden’s effort to negotiate down the cost of drugs under Medicare is “tantamount to extortion,” according to a…

Sutter Health breaks ground on California medical office building

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health has brokenground on a four-story, 100,000-square-foot medical office building in Roseville, Calif., in partnership with healthcare real estate developer PMB. 

Physician owner fighting to open shuttered ASC has $2.5M malpractice history 

Alfred Bonati, MD, owner of recently shuttered Hudson, Fla.-based Bonati Spine Institute’s ASC, has a history of lawsuits, ABC Action News reported June 6. 

Ohio man indicted for attempting to burn down medical office building

A grand jury has charged Columbus, Ohio, resident Izuchukwu Ogbuehi with two counts of aggravated arson and two counts of attempted aggravated arson for pouring gasoline on the floor of Mount Carmel St. Ann’s medical office building in Westerville, Ohi…

Highest-paying specialties in the 10 largest US cities

Orthopedics is the highest-paid physician specialty for mid-career practitioners (eight to 14 years) in four of the largest U.S. cities. 

The healthcare disruptors this spine surgeon is looking forward to

Technological advancements are shaking up healthcare as we know it.

The cardiology industry by the numbers

Here are five numbers that provide a snapshot of the cardiology industry, per Medscape’s “Cardiologist Compensation Report 2023.”