Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare reported a cybersecurity incident exposing the information of 11 million patients.
Category: ASC News
Average surgeon salary in the 15 states with the fewest ASCs
Vermont has the fewest number of ASCs, with only two in the whole state, according to the most recent data from CMS.
Remembering 4 health leaders who have died in 2023
Four esteemed gastroenterology, ophthalmology and ASC leaders have died in the first half of 2023:
25 largest physician groups based on number of physicians
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.
5 physician kickback cases in June
Here are five physician kickback cases Becker’s reported on in June:
ASCs are vying to maintain independence. Here's why.
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…
Number of ASCs in the 10 best states to practice medicine
South Dakota — the best state to practice medicine, according to financial advisory group Physicians Thrive — has 15 ASCs.
Pain clinic closes, physician fined amid unlawful opioid distribution allegations
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.
ASC company notes from the 1st half of 2023
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:
From hospital to ASC: The service lines going outpatient
Nephrology is the specialty that had the most procedures shift to outpatient from 2016 to 2022, according to a June 28 Definitive Healthcare report.
