Category: ASC News

Yitzchok Kurtzer, MD, and his wife, Robin Kurtzer, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging them with conspiracy to violate the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute.

Emanate Health has filed a suit against Optum, alleging the company steered patients away from physicians who left Optum to join the Covina, Calif.-based health system, according to a Nov. 20 suit. 

Optum, parent company of ASC chain SCA Health, Tenet Healthcare, parent company of ASC chain United Surgical Partners International, and AmSurg have made big moves in the last year. Here is an overview of what the three ASC operators have done in 2023:

Sixty percent of adults grade the U.S. healthcare system a “C” or below, according to a survey by The Harris Poll on behalf of American Academy of Physician Associates.

Here are 10 recent partnerships between healthcare organizations, physician groups and practices to know, as reported by Becker’s since Oct. 19:

Millennials are relocating rapidly, with 25% of the generation moving to a different metropolitan area in 2022, according to a Nov. 21 report from CNBC. 

Here are seven updates on Walmart’s healthcare division reported by Becker’s since Oct. 3:

States, physicians and healthcare organizations have all pushed to lessen the burden of prior authorizations on the practice of medicine in 2023.

Of eight specialties that had their annual pay decrease or remain stagnant in the last year, five saw salary drops of more than 5%, according to a survey by Medscape.

Here are five numbers providing insight on compensation earned by nurse practitioners, using data from the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics employment survey.