Category: ASC News

There are more than 123,000 physician groups in the U.S., with the Panorama City-based Southern California Permanente Medical Group being the largest based on its number of physicians, according to Feb. 28 data from Definitive Healthcare. 

Here are five physician kickback cases Becker’s reported on in June:

Independence has become synonymous with the culture of ASCs with about 70 percent of surgery centers being independent. But as economic pressures push the industry to further consolidate, why do some ASC and private practice physicians strive to hang o…

South Dakota — the best state to practice medicine, according to financial advisory group Physicians Thrive — has 15 ASCs. 

A Tarpon Springs, Fla.-based pain management clinic will close and its clinic’s owners and its former physicians have been fined for their alleged unlawful distribution of opioids. 

From Optum to United Surgical Partners International, here are 10 notes from the biggest ASC companies in the nation for the first half of 2023: 

Nephrology is the specialty that had the most procedures shift to outpatient from 2016 to 2022, according to a June 28 Definitive Healthcare report. 

Two people were sent to the hospital after a nitrogen tank leak in a Banner Health surgery center in Sun City West, Ariz., according to a July 6 report from Fox 10 Phoenix.

The market for medical office buildings has been booming this year, as investors and real estate managers have touted their stability and upside potential. 

ASCs are vulnerable to violations of the Stark law, a federal anti-fraud law that prevents physicians from receiving kickbacks for referrals, according to a July 3 report from the National Law Review.