With rising inflation rates and gas prices, several ASC leaders and business owners are watching for signs of an impending recession.
Category: ASC News
California physician to pay $1.9M fraud settlement
Stockton, Calif.-based physician Azizulah Kamali, MD, has agreed to pay $1.9 million to resolve allegations that he submitted false claims for surgically implanted neurostimulators and paid kickbacks to sales marketers, the U.S. Justice Department said…
3 high-profile MLB surgeries since Aug. 1
As the MLB approaches the second half of its 2022 season, Becker’s has reported on players from three different teams needing surgery since Aug.1.
California ASC gifted $100,000 for imaging tech
Ventura, Calif.-based Community Memorial Health System received a $100,000 gift from Mechanics Bank to purchase an advanced C-arm, according to an Aug. 15 report from the San Fernando Valley Business Journal.
Leaders want ASCs to adopt these trends
Pursuing equal payment to hospital outpatient departments and using technology to increase efficiency are among the trends healthcare leaders recommend ASCs adopt.
10 health companies that have announced layoffs, hiring freezes this year
Even with a falling unemployment rate, U.S. companies are still laying off workers.
Florida ASC sold for $18.5 million
Southpoint Surgery Center in Jacksonville, Fla., a 34,029-square-foot medical center with a large ASC, has been sold to REIT healthcare for just over $18.5 million.
3 hospitals, health systems opening ASCs
Geisinger and two more hospitals and health systems that have opened or have plans to open ASCs that Becker’s has reported on since Aug. 2:
‘ASCs have to be nimble’: How ASCs can face potential financial losses
The COVID-19 pandemic spurred an economic downturn, and many ASCs are looking to the global recession of 2008 as a blueprint for crafting future growth plans.
Court rules drug, not physician, caused ASC patient’s death
A jury found that an Abingdon, Md.-based pain physician was not liable in the death of a patient who was injected with a contaminated steroid during a procedure at an ASC, The Daily Record reported Aug. 10.
