Category: ASC News

Just one week into 2024, health systems, including Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health, have set their sights on ASC joint ventures. 

As labor shortages, payment rates and supply chain disruptions continue to challenge health system leaders, ASCs and hospitals are expecting a rocky financial landscape in 2024. 

UnitedHealth Group, parent company of Optum, is suing two former executives for allegedly stealing confidential information to create their own competing corporate entities. 

Here are five numbers providing insight on compensation earned by gastroenterologists, using data from Medscape’s “Gastroenterologist Compensation Report” for 2023 and 2013 — which cover 2022 and 2012 pay data, respectively — and its physician salary e…

New York’s total noncompete ban bill gained national attention in 2023, but in December, the bill was vetoed by Gov. Kathy Hochul.

As physicians seek their first roles or new roles within the industry, they should be prepared to understand and negotiate employment contracts, according to a Jan. 5 report from the American Medical Association. 

Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare has paid $42.5 million to resolve allegations of healthcare fraud under the federal False Claims Act and Delaware False Claims and Reporting Act.

Physicians continue to exit the field despite the looming physician shortage.

Sanford Health is planning to add a 15,000 square foot expansion to the Sanford Broadway Same Day Surgery Center in Bismarck, N.D.

UnitedHealth Group-run Optum and St. Louis-based SSM Health have terminated their administrative partnership, an SSM Health spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s.