Category: ASC News

6 statistics on physician assistant pay in 2022

Six things to know about physician assistant pay:

6 statistics on physician assistant pay in 2022

Six things to know about physician assistant pay:

9 recent ASC moves in Florida

Florida is home to the third-most ASCs of any state in the nation, and it ranks 16th in ASCs per capita.

9 recent ASC moves in Florida

Florida is home to the third-most ASCs of any state in the nation, and it ranks 16th in ASCs per capita.

Fast facts about ValueHealth

Leawood, Kan.-based ValueHealth, an ASC company focused on value-based surgical offerings, is gaining steam in 2022 with outpatient partnerships. 

Husband-wife physician duo running front-line Ukrainian hospital 

Valentyna Glushenko, MD, and Arkady Glushenko, MD, a husband and wife physician duo, are running a front-line hospital in Slovyansk, Ukraine, The Washington Post reported June 11. 

Whistleblowers win $1.75M in physician’s $9.5M Medicare fraud settlement

Minas Kochumian, MD, paid $9.49 million to settle allegations that he submitted false claims to CMS and Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program, for procedures and tests that were never performed, the Justice Department said June 10.

Here’s what’s drawing patients to ASCs

From physician influence to fear of COVID-19 infection, 17 ASC leaders joined Becker’s to discuss what’s drawing patients to ASCs over hospitals. 

CVS in the headlines: 4 moves for ASC leaders

Since April 1, CVS Health has let go of a subsidiary and requested a state bill be vetoed over concerns it would raise drug costs. 

UnitedHealth in the headlines: 5 updates in 60 days

UnitedHealth Group, parent company of ASC management company United Surgical Partners International, saw three lawsuits filed against it since April 1.