Category: ASC News

Since 2020, the number of female physicians with a net worth of over $5 million has grown, while the number with a net worth under $500,000 has decreased, according to Medscape’s yearly physician compensation reports. 

A woman faces four felony counts after police say she offered “live blood analysis” procedures at a medical office building in Sarasota, Fla.

Santa Barbara-based Cottage Health Outpatient Surgery Center is the first health system in California’s Central Coast region to use Focal One’s noninvasive robotic high intensity focused ultrasound treatment for accurately targeting and ablating prosta…

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare has a major stake in the ASC market and is continuing to see growth year over year.

Here are four updates on cyberattacks that have occurred in the healthcare industry that Becker’s has reported on since June 13:

Average physician pay has declined by 2.4 percent in 2022, according to Doximity’s “2023 Physician Compensation Report.” These physician pay increases have not kept up with inflation rates, and many physicians are facing a reduction in income.

In several major cities and ASC hotspots, including Los Angeles, Boston and San Diego, over half of the homes listed for sale cost over $1 million, according to a July 11 report from CNBC based on data from real estate website Point2. 

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare reported a cybersecurity incident exposing the information of 11 million patients.

Vermont has the fewest number of ASCs, with only two in the whole state, according to the most recent data from CMS. 

Four esteemed gastroenterology, ophthalmology and ASC leaders have died in the first half of 2023: