Category: ASC News

Texas Partners Center adds eClinicalWorks EHR

Denton-based Texas Partners Center has added eClinicalWorks’ cloud-based EHR system for ASCs. 

51 Texas ASCs named best in the country

Fifty-one ASCs in Texas made Newsweek’s “America’s Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers” list, which ranks 550 of the more than 5,000 Medicare-certified ASCs in the country.

Physician pleads guilty to illegal opioid distribution

New York pain management specialist Duane Dixon, MD, pleaded guilty to unlawful opioid distribution and healthcare fraud, the Adirondack Daily Enterprise reported Oct. 23.

Louisiana physician to pay $2.4M for fraud 

Metairie, La.-based physician Alex Glotser, MD, pleaded guilty for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare of $5.6 million in medically unnecessary equipment and genetic testing. 

29 HCA ASCs named among America's best

Twenty-nine ASCs owned by Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare are among the best in the U.S., according to Newsweek’s “America’s Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers” list, which ranks 550 of the more than 5,000 Medicare-certified ASCs in the country.

The best ASCs in the South, per Newsweek

Surgery Partners’ Birmingham (Ala.) Surgery Center is the top ASC in the Southern U.S., according to Newsweek’s “America’s Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers” list, which ranks 550 of the more than 5,000 Medicare-certified ASCs in the country.

North Carolina physician sues former employer, alleging he was 'blackballed' 

Cancer physician David Hetzel, MD, is suing his former employer, Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Hospital, alleging the hospital incorrectly reported him to the National Practitioner’s Databank, Citizen Times reported Oct. 24. 

Female physician compensation by region

Female physicians working in the Pacific region earn the highest average annual compensation compared with those working in other regions, at $314,000 a year. 

47 Florida ASCs named best in the country

Forty-seven ASCs in Florida made Newsweek’s “America’s Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers” list, which ranks 550 of the more than 5,000 Medicare-certified ASCs in the country.

Male vs. female physician compensation in 2023

Male physicians earn an average of 29% more than their female counterparts according to Medscape’s 2023 “Female Physician Compensation Report,” published Oct. 23.