Category: ASC News

Cleveland Clinic suffers patient data breach

Cleveland Clinic, a health system with several ASC and endoscopy center affiliates, has filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Massachusetts, according to a May 30 report from JDSupra.

Body of missing physician found in Arkansas

The body of John Forsyth, MD, an emergency room physician at Mercy Hospital Cassville (Mo.), was found in northwest Arkansas, OzarksFirst reported May 30.

Tenet Healthcare adds Stephen Rusckowski to board of directors

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, parent company of ASC chain United Surgical Partners International, has added Stephen Rusckowski to its board of directors effective immediately.

Pain management ASC, physician to pay $625K to resolve fraud allegations

James Ellner, MD, and his practice and ASC will pay $625,000 to resolve whistleblower allegations that they violated the False Claims Act. 

Healthcare roles account for 25% of new jobs in April

The labor market added 253,000 non-farm jobs in April, with healthcare and social service positions accounting for 25 percent of new jobs, CNBC reported May 5.

5 of healthcare's highest-paid CFOs

The lowest yearly pay among five CFOs of large healthcare groups in 2022 was $3.3 million, whereas the highest was $15.18 million.

Is employee retention improving? How 'the great resignation' is becoming 'the big stay'

In 2022, more than 50 million U.S. workers left their jobs, the highest number since the government started keeping track in 2000, leading economists to coin the term “the great resignation,” according to a May 19 report from CNBC.

The healthcare disruptors scaring physicians 

Six healthcare leaders recently joined Becker’s to discuss the biggest disruptors concerning physicians. 

What HCA executives were paid in the last 5 years

Pay among four of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare’s top executives took a dip in 2020 but bounced back — and then some — in the last two years.

West Virginia physician sentenced for overprescription 

Brian Gullett, DO, was sentenced to six months of prison for illegal opioid prescription, the Justice Department said May 25.