Many of the worst states for physicians are clustered in the Northeast, according to Wallethub’s 2022 Best & Worst States for Doctors ranking, released March 21.
Category: ASC News
Where ASC operating costs are the highest
ASCs in the South and Mountain regions have the highest total operating costs, according to VMG Health’s “Multi-Specialty ASC Benchmarking Study” for 2022.
Most common ASC procedures ranked
ASCs performed 717,000 fewer procedures in 2020 than they did in 2015, according to the most recent Medicare Payment Advisory Commission report.
Single specialty ASCs jump 17%
The number of single-specialty ASCs jumped 17 percent from 2015 to 2020, according to the most recent Medicare Payment Advisory Commission report.
11 ASC ‘firsts’ this year
From total joint to cardiology procedures, here are recently performed ‘firsts’ at 11 ASCs since Jan. 1.
New York physician gets 4 years in prison for COVID-19 loan fraud
Konstantinos Zarkadas, MD, of Glen Cove, N.Y., was sentenced to spend 51 months in prison and repay $3.5 million in restitution for COVID-19 emergency relief fraud, the Justice Department said March 18.
Surgeon who sued butcher shop sued by own whistleblower employee
David Kwiat, MD, the New York ophthalmologist who sued a butcher shop manager for asking that he wear a mask, has been sued for allegedly firing an employee who reported COVID-19 violations at his office, The Daily Gazette reported March 18.
11 physician-employer lawsuits in the last year
Here are 11 lawsuits involving a physician or group of physicians suing their former employers in the last year:
Female physicians get paid 50% less but work more, Maryland survey finds
Male physicians in Maryland earn 50 percent more than female physicians despite working fewer hours on average a week, according to a study published in The National Law Review March 16.
Fed ups interest rates as inflation nears 8%: 5 notes
The Federal Reserve is taking its “most aggressive” action in 40 years to slow inflation, according to The Wall Street Journal.
