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'The standard of medicine in this country will continue to decline': 4 leaders on reimbursements
Here are four leaders’ thoughts on reimbursements:
What we heard this month from ASC leaders: November
From GI tech to payer behavior, here are three ASC leaders on the industry:
Pennsylvania physician sentenced to up to 6 years for unlawful opioid prescription
Doylestown, Pa.-based Richard Alan Kondan, DO, has been sentenced to two to six years in prison for unlawful prescription of opioids, the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office said Nov. 29.
The specialties driving ASC growth
As procedures migrate to the outpatient setting, ASC leaders are seeing cardiology and orthopedics as huge opportunities for growth.
Justice Department to appeal the ruling that cleared the UnitedHealth-Change merger & 5 more updates
Here are six updates from UnitedHealthcare, one of the largest payers, since Nov. 17:
Physician pay in the last 5 years
Here’s how much physicians were paid on average over the last five years, pulled from Medscape’s physician compensation reports:
Michigan ASC gains orthopedic certification
Troy, Mich.-based UnaSource Surgery Center has snagged Advanced Orthopaedic Certification from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, the company said in a Nov. 28 email to Becker’s.
What ASCs are doing instead of consolidating
The healthcare industry is increasingly consolidating as operation costs soar — physicians are migrating to employed models and private practices are being bought up by larger entities.
Tennessee ASC snags orthopedic accreditation
Jackson, Tenn.-based Physicians Surgery Center is the first ASC in the state to achieve Advanced Orthopaedic Certification from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, the center said in a release emailed to Becker’s Nov. 20.
UCSD accused of ignoring anesthesiologist's fentanyl abuse
A recent suit was filed against UC San Diego Medical Center in Hillcrest, Calif., accusing an anesthesiologist and Gerard Manecke Jr., MD, former chief of anesthesiology, among others, of not giving a patient enough anesthesia and then falsifying offic…
