Category: ASC News

Cardiologists saw the biggest salary decrease in 2022, earning $527,000 on average, which was 16 percent less than the year before, according to the “2023 Physician Compensation Report” from Physicians Thrive. 

Inflation numbers in April reached their lowest in two years as price pressures appear to be letting up for customers, according to a May 10 report from CNBC based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

ASC operator and physician services company Envision plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to a May 10 report from The Wall Street Journal. The filing could happen as early as this weekend, according to the report. 

Mishawaka, Ind.-based Saint Joseph Health System has moved from a medical office building in Plymouth, Ind., following a dispute with the facility’s landlord, according to a May 10 report from CBS affiliate WSBT.

A majority of U.S. adults — 52 percent — rated the quality of healthcare as either “only fair” or “poor,” with 68 percent indicating it is at a crisis point/has major problems in Gallup’s “Health and Healthcare survey” for 2023.

Here are three numbers that may give physicians something to smile about: 

Overland Park, Kan.-based emergency room physician Gautam Jayaswal, MD, pleaded guilty to ordering millions of dollars’ worth of unnecessary genetic tests and orthotic braces as a part of a telemedicine fraud scheme, the Justice Department said May 9.&…

The New York State Association of Nurse Anesthetists held a rally at the state Capitol on May 9, pushing for legislation that would recognize certified registered nurse anesthetists as a profession, according to a report from CBS affiliate WRGB.

Around 30 percent of freestanding ASCs are owned and operated by chains, with AmSurg holding 4.3 percent.

The highest paid executives at seven major healthcare companies all earned over $1.2 million in 2022.