Category: ASC News

Some physician leaders are worried that CMS’ proposal to decrease the physician pay conversion factor by $1.53 to $33.08 will accelerate the migration of physicians to employed settings over independent models. 

The median investment/subsidy per physician jumped 22 percent from the second quarter of 2021 to 2022, according to Kaufman Hall’s “Physician Flash Report” published Aug. 1. 

Thomas Park Investments acquired $75 million in medical office buildings in the first half of 2022, halfway to its year-long goal of $150 million in acquisitions. 

The ASC market is expected to be Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare’s main growth driver in the coming years, with the company’s surgery center business, United Surgical Partners International, aiming to have 575 to 600 ASCs by the end of 2025.

Convenience, flexibility and efficiency are some of ASCs’ greatest strengths. Combining these attributes with patient centricity, greater treatment variety and technology investments can lead a center to success, according to ASC leaders.

Physicians saw a slight decrease in compensation per provider from the first quarter to the second quarter of 2022, according to Kaufman Hall’s “Physician Flash Report” published Aug. 1. 

A Florida physician was charged with trafficking prescription drugs July 26, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. 

Many physicians are distressed by CMS’ proposal to decrease the physician pay conversion factor by $1.53 to $33.08. 

Utah has the most physician search engagements per capita, according to Merritt Hawkins and AMN Healthcare’s 2022 “Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives.”

Nurse practitioners and certified registered nurse anesthetists are among the top-recruited specialists in healthcare today.