Category: ASC News

Hawaii anesthesiologist Rudolph Puana, MD, was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison after being found guilty in April on 38 counts of opioid distribution, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Sept. 13.

The Medical Group Management Association has announced its support for the Supporting Medicare Providers Act of 2022 in a Sept. 13 statement from the association’s senior vice president of government affairs, Anders Gilberg. 

According to Medscape’s 2022 medical student lifestyle report, 87 percent of medical school students said a desire to help people in need was among the top reasons they chose medical school, while 57 percent said future income was an important part of …

The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association has submitted comments on Medicare’s 2023 proposed payment rule Sept. 13, urging CMS to update several aspects of the rule, according to an email shared with Becker’s.

Fifty-two percent of employed physicians like their jobs because they do not have to run a small business, according to Medscape’s 2022 “Employed Physicians Report.”

Five physicians pleaded guilty to drug charges connected to a purported pain management clinic with locations in Virginia and West Virginia, the Justice Department said Sept. 12.

Aurora, Ohio, general surgeon Amy Swegan, MD, pleaded guilty to accepting $291,000 in kickbacks from telemedicine companies, the Justice Department said Sept. 12. She will be required to pay $7.2 million in restitution.

Columbus-based Southern Indiana Surgery added Cory Banaschak, DO, to its surgical team, The Republic reported Sept. 11.

Physician groups are increasingly consolidating, and there was a 145 percent increase in deals from 2020 to 2021, according to VMG Health’s “Annual Healthcare M&A Report 2022.” 

The cost of medical school can be a huge burden on many physician-hopefuls, with 14 of the top 20 ranked medical schools costing over $55,000 a year.