Category: ASC News

AmSurg at the center of $2.5B Envision lender dispute

Envision Healthcare moved AmSurg, which made up around half of the physician staffing firm’s earnings last year, to a new affiliate, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Allscripts sells its large physician practices business

Healthcare information technology firm Allscripts is selling the net assets of its hospital and large physician practices businesses segment.

Amazon’s latest healthcare moves: 8 things for ASCs to know 

Amazon is increasing its efforts to boost its healthcare presence. Here are eight recent healthcare moves from the company for ASC leaders to know:

Physician compensation hits 2-year high: 4 notes

Physician compensation reached its highest level in two years, driven primarily by increased productivity, according to Kaufman Hall’s “Physician Flash Report” published May 2.

Physician pay is changing: 29 specialties see compensation jumps in 2022

For the first time in Medscape’s 11 years of physician compensation reports, all physician specialties reported an increase in pay, with otolaryngologists and gastroenterologists seeing the largest pay increases by percentage.

Floyd Medical Center performs 500 surgeries with Da Vinci robot

Rome, Ga.-based Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center recently performed its 500th surgery using the Da Vinci Xi Surgical System, WRGA reported April 28.

Physician charged in alleged $5M scheme to defraud NBA health plan

Washington emergency medicine physician William Washington, MD, was among 19 people charged in an alleged scheme to defraud the NBA’s health plan of $5 million, the Justice Department said April 27.

Economy pulse check: GDP falls 1.4% in Q1 instead of expected 1% gain

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.

Washington physician gets 4 years in prison for opioid charges

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

No link between physician burnout, care outcomes & 6 more study findings

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