Category: ASC News

Gross domestic product in the U.S. declined at a 1.4 percent pace in the first quarter, below analyst expectations of a 1 percent gain, CNBC reported April 28.

Physician Janet Arnold, MD, was sentenced to four years in prison on opioid distribution charges, the Justice Department said April 27.

A study using physician surveys and Medicare claims data found no clear link between physician burnout and patient outcomes. 

New York City and Los Angeles are the country’s largest cities. Here’s how ASC specialty pay stacks up in each one, grouped by practice setting and experience range. Data is from Medscape’s physician salary explorer:

Surgery center owners see many positive headwinds over the next year, but there are also challenges. Here are five pieces of good news and five pieces of bad news to know.

Here are eight updates from some of the largest ASC chains in the U.S. over the last 89 days:

Urgent care physician Josef Schenker, MD, and the two New York City urgent care facilities he owns, are paying $564,217 to settle allegations they submitted false claims to CMS for services not provided when administering COVID-19 vaccines and tests, t…

Riverside (Calif.) County, which owns Riverside University Health System Medical Center, is paying $12 million to settle a lawsuit alleging hospital staff botched an intubation that caused a patient permanent brain damage, The Press-Enterprise reported…

Investment in an ASC is a long-term strategy for physicians, particularly those not employed by a hospital, to thrive financially and gain more control over their day-to-day workflow. 

Fifteen percent of physicians participate in value-based payment models, according to Medscape’s “Physician Compensation Report 2022,” released April 15. Value-based care is gaining momentum in the ASC industry as a means to reduce costs.