Category: ASC News

Optum’s second quarter revenue is up 18 percent from the same quarter last year, reaching $45.1 billion. Revenue per consumer jumped nearly 30 percent. 

Here are seven hospitals that have opened or have plans to open ASCs that Becker’s has reported on since June 22:

On June 21, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a new piece of legislation, known as Reuben’s Rules, that requires ASCs to provide patients with more transparency, The Clinton Herald reported July 14. 

Orthopedic surgeons have the highest starting salary among physician specialties, according to Merritt Hawkins and AMN Healthcare’s 2022 “Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives.”

Here are 11 key statistics about private practice physicians. 

The South has become a hot spot for opening new businesses, and ASCs are no exception.

The state of Iowa has agreed to pay a $7.5 million malpractice settlement after a man was left with severe neurological deficits following treatment of a bleeding brain tumor at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, the Globe Gazet…

Mathew James, CEO of medical billing company Leal, was convicted over a $600 million fraud and identity theft scheme, the Justice Department said July 13.

Using data provided by Medscape, these are currently the highest-paying specialties for self-employed physicians with five to seven years of experience, ranked by average yearly salary.

U.S. inflation in June hit its highest rate in 40 years, the Labor Department said July 13.