Category: ASC News

In January, the Federal Trade Commission proposed a rule that would keep employees free from noncompete agreements nationwide. The rule would have an impact on physicians, around 37 percent of whom are bound by noncompete contracts. 

Arkansas Children’s Northwest received a $25 million donation for its Springdale campus, the largest donation in its history, according to an Aug. 6 report from ABC affiliate KHBS.

Signature Health’s Brockton (Mass.) Hospital will reopen for outpatient services and colonoscopies in September, after experiencing an electrical fire and closure on Feb. 7, according to an Aug. 6 report from The Enterprise.

The role of nurse practitioner was named the fastest-growing occupation by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and seven other healthcare jobs also made the list. 

Arnold, Md.-based physician Ron Elfenbein, MD, has been convicted for submitting more than $15 million in fraudulent claims for patients who received COVID-19 tests at his medical centers. 

Committees in Georgia are preparing to make recommendations to state lawmakers ahead of the 2024 legislative session regarding the repeal or reform of certificate-of-need laws, according to an Aug. 6 report from The Tifton Gazette.

Chicago-based physician assistant Harry Przekop has been charged with fraudulently writing opioid prescriptions. 

Here are three updates on Walmart’s healthcare efforts reported by Becker’s since June 12:

Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International now has ownership in 455 ASCs and 24 surgical hospitals in 35 states. 

The average physician in private practice in 2022 made $284,500, according to Medical Economics’ 94th Physician Report released August 4.