Category: ASC News

U.S. News & World Report named anesthesiology the highest paying job in the U.S. for 2023, with an average annual salary of $208,000. 

California, Texas and Florida are the states with the most ASCs, according to data from Definitive Healthcare.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has temporarily appointed R. Christopher Lindsay as head of Virginia’s Department of Health following the rejection of appointee Colin Greene, MD, according to a Feb. 13 report from the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Eleven states across the country saw a decline in the number of ASCs in the state between 2021 and 2022, according to yearly data from the ASC Association. Oregon saw the greatest decline, losing 95 facilities in the course of a year. 

New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery was named the best hospital for orthopedic surgery in 2022 and 2023, and two leaders of the organization recently joined Becker’s to share how they would ensure success at ASCs.

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare detailed its 2022 revenues, acquisitions, plans for 2023 and more in its fourth-quarter earnings call. 

Nashville-based Ascension Saint Thomas has announced changes in its leadership, promoting former chief strategy officer of ambulatory surgical services, Robyn Morrissey, to chief strategy officer, according to a Feb. 13 report from radio station WGNS.

Washington state added the most new ASCs between 2021 and 2022 with 93 new centers, according to data from the ASC Association, followed by California and Arizona. 

Some ASC leaders are worried the consolidation of health systems, private practices and ASCs might make it difficult for patients to receive care from ASCs.  

In 2022, plastic surgeons and orthopedic surgeons were the two highest paid physician specialists, earning $576,000 and $557,000 respectively, according to a 2022 report from Medscape. Additionally, they were two of the specialties with the lowest burn…