Category: ASC News

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

San Diego-based physician Tien Tan Vo, MD, was sentenced to three years of probation for his yearslong use of unapproved, misbranded cosmetic drugs, the Justice Department said Oct. 20. 

Providence Santa Rosa (Calif.) Memorial Hospital has been diverting surgical patients to other medical facilities in the region following concerns regarding the water used in sterilizing its surgical instruments, according to an Oct. 20 report from The…

Bedford (N.H.) Ambulatory Surgical Center is the top ASC in the Northeastern 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.

Brian Hyatt, MD, a psychiatrist and former head of Arkansas’ state medical board, pleaded not guilty to multiple charges of Medicaid fraud.

Here are four numbers that provide insight into the physician shortage crisis in the U.S.:

Here are five numbers that provide insights into how physicians are compensated:

Here are four facts and updates about Texas ASCs that Becker’s has reported on since Sept. 26:

Physicians who specialize in neurology can make from $89,600 to $386,390— depending on which state they practice in — according to a report by USA Facts, an organization that analyzes government data.