Category: ASC News

New York cancer practice reopens outpatient surgery center

Buffalo, N.Y.-based Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center reopened its newly renovated head and neck, dental and maxillofacial ASC.

Texas man sentenced to prison for threatening physician who advocated for COVID-19 vaccine 

Scott Eli Harris, 52, was sentenced to six months in federal prison and three years of supervised release after sending a threatening message to a Baltimore, Md.-based physician who advocated for the COVID-19 vaccine, the U.S. Justice Department said A…

Hackers plan to post patient data stolen from 2 Texas ASCs, hospital 

Hackers who have stolen data from Allen, Texas-based Methodist Allen Surgical Center, Mckinney, Texas-based Methodist Craig Ranch Surgical Center and Methodist McKinney Hospital have threatened to post patient data on the dark web. 

Garnet Health closing 5 physician practices

Orange County, N.Y.-based Garnet Health is closing five physician practices and laying off 29 employees, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filed with the state of New York.

10 signs that an employee is about to quit + 4 ways to make them stay

With the U.S. workforce in the midst of the “great resignation,” it is critical that employers are aware of the warning signs that they could be losing an employee. 

Former Optum exec named CEO of tech-based healthcare company

MOBE, a healthcare company that uses data to better treat its customers and lower health system costs, named former Optum executive Mike Ott as CEO Aug. 23. 

Job market leverage back in the hands of employers, survey shows

With the COVID-19 pandemic tanking the labor market, job-hunters and employees have spent the last few years with the upperhand, getting raises and extra perks, as employers have struggled to boost retention. 

The worst behavior physicians have seen in the workplace

In Medscape’s 2022 “Physicians Behaving Badly” report, released Aug. 19, physicians laid out the worst behavior they have witnessed from colleagues. 

7 physician group moves in 60 days

Since July 1, Becker’s has reported on physician groups selling property, opening new ASCs, adopting new care models and more.

7 surgeons on the move

Becker’s has reported on seven surgeons joining new practices or receiving new appointments across six reports since Aug. 1, including a urologist, two vascular surgeons and four gastroenterologists.