Category: ASC News

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.

Iowa’s growing ASC presence: 4 new projects in 60 days

From an ASC relocation to a new foot surgery center, here are four new Iowa ASC projects Becker’s has reported on since Sept. 9. 

Connecticut physician fined for overprescribing narcotics 

Waterbury, Conn.-based physician Philip Mongelluzzo Jr., MD, was fined $10,000 for inappropriately prescribing high narcotics doses to patients, the Hartford Courant reported Nov. 15. 

3 fast facts on physician pay

Here are three fast facts on physician pay:

Patient died following plastic surgery at ASC where OB-GYN provided anesthesia

A patient died at a plastic surgery center in Plantation, Fla., after an OB-GYN was used as an unlicensed anesthesiologist, the Tampa Bay Times reported Nov. 15.