Category: ASC News

SCA Health leader talks keys to success

Health provider SCA Health has 89 ASCs on Newsweek’s list of the best ASCs in the nation in 2022. Its vice president of marketing, communications and events, Blair Primis, shared some of the organization’s keys to success with Becker’s. 

Florida physician pleads guilty to receiving kickbacks

Sean Patrick O’Rourke, MD, of Lakeland, Fla., has pleaded guilty to soliciting and accepting bribes or kickbacks in return for services and supplies paid for by federal health programs, according to the U.S. Justice Department. 

 Florida physician pleads guilty to receiving kickbacks in $2.7M fraud scheme

Tampa, Fla.-based physician Sean Patrick O’Rourke, MD, has pleaded guilty to soliciting and receiving kickbacks and bribes, the U.S. Justice Department said Nov. 18. 

12 states seeing the highest population decreases as residents relocate

Residents of 12 states are relocating at high rates, with 8,157 Illinois residents moving out in 2022, according to a new report from Forbes. 

Utah physician charged with performing surgeries without a license

Salt Lake City-based ophthalmologist Paul Wade Wyatt, MD, is facing criminal charges for allegedly performing surgeries with a suspended license, leaving one patient blind, according to a report from NBC affiliate KSL. 

3 healthcare-related employees named to Forbes’ top 50 workplace leaders list

Three individuals working in the field of health and mental healthcare have been named to Forbes’ inaugural list of 50 leaders who are shaping the future of the workplace. 

28% of physicians’ income has dropped in the last year 

Twenty-eight percent of physicians have reported a drop in income in the last year, according to the Physicians Foundation’s “2022 Survey of America’s Physicians,” released Nov. 15. 

Gateway Ambulatory Surgery Center patient data leaked in phishing attack 

Concord, N.C.-based Gateway Ambulatory Surgery Center discovered unauthorized access to its network, which resulted in leaked patient data, JDSupra reported Nov. 16. 

5 CMS updates for ASC leaders to know

From the inclusion of new procedures to a physician pay cut, here are five critical CMS updates for ASC leaders. 

USPI looking to fill 12 open administrative positions

The largest ASC network in the U.S., United Surgical Partners International, currently has 12 open administrative positions across nine states.