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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…
$28M joint venture ASC proposed in North Carolina
Three surgery center LLCs have submitted a certificate of need application for a $28.3 million ASC in Pinehurst, N.C., The Pilot reported Nov. 25.
Anesthesiologist accused of tampering with IV bags 'terrified' coworkers
The coworkers of anesthesiologist Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz Jr., MD, who allegedly injected heart-stopping drugs into IV bags at Baylor Scott & White Surgicare North Dallas, testified they were “terrified” of him to federal investigators, D Magaz…
Are payers pushing procedures to ASCs?
Two leaders joined Becker’s to discuss whether payers are pushing procedures to ASCs and other outpatient settings.
