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Winter Park Ophthalmology joins Ascend Vision Partners

Winter Park (Fla.) Ophthalmology has joined management services company Ascend Vision Partners. 

All 50 states ranked by ASCs per capita: 2023

Becker’s ASC Review has compiled populational ASC metrics for every state based on 2020 census data and the number of ASCs from the ASCA Association. 

Montecito Medical acquires ASC property in Texas

Montecito Medical acquired the property housing Baylor Scott & White Surgicare at Granbury (Texas), according to a March 22 news release.

3 cardiologists in the headlines

Here are three cardiologists Becker’s has reported on since March 7:

InSpan awarded patent for treating spinal stenosis and fusion in ASCs

InSpan, an interspinous-interlaminar fixation device, has been implanted in thousands of degenerative spine disease patients since its FDA clearance in 2010 and has now been granted a patent for its interspinous technique and instruments designed for t…

Physician vs. healthcare CEO pay: 5 notes

Here are five stats to know about how physician pay stacks up compared to CEO pay: 

25 best hospitals for pediatric gastroenterology in 2023

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center was named the top children’s hospital for pediatric gastroenterology in 2023 by U.S. News & World Report. 

The 3 policies controlling physician reimbursements 

Three big CMS moves have affected physician reimbursements in the last 10 years, according to VMG Health’s 2023 mergers and acquisitions report released March 21:

FTC proposes changes to ophthalmology prescription laws

The Federal Trade Commission is holding a public workshop on May 18 to allow comments on its proposed update to the Ophthalmic Practice Rules, commonly known as the Eyeglass Rule, which would require ophthalmologists and optometrists to get a signed st…

Essentia Health reopens Minnesota ASC after nearby roof collapse

The Essentia Health Surgery Center-Miller Hill in Duluth, Minn., reopened March 22 after being closed due to a partial roof collapse at Miller Hill Mall caused by heavy snowfall.