Category: ASC News

Eighty-seven million patients in the U.S. had confidential health information breached in 2023, more than double that of last year, according to a report by Atlas VPN, an internet encryption company. 

The University of Kansas Health System’s KU MedWest Medical Pavilion in Shawnee is the top ASC in the Midwestern U.S., according to Newsweek’s “America’s Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers” list, which ranks 550 of the more than 5,000 Medicare-certified A…

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

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.

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

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. 

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.

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.

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