Category: ASC News

Surgeries at an ASC in Waterbury, Conn., have been postponed following a car crashed into the building Jan. 5, according to a Jan. 6 report from the Republican American.

A group of physicians want to block Fresno, Calif.-based St. Agnes Medical Center from entering an exclusive contract with national staffing firm Vituity, The Fresno Bee reported Jan. 6.

Orthopedic and spine surgeons who previously worked at Madison, Wis.-based SSM Health are now able to see former patients after a noncompete clause expired Jan. 1, the Wisconsin State Journal reported Jan. 6. 

Originally launched in 2019, Walmart Health, which at one point had a network of more than 50 clinics, officially closed in June 2024.

Shakeel Kahn, MD, a physician in Casper, Wyo., was sentenced to 25 years in prison for crimes involving drug distribution, firearms possession and money laundering.

Here are five numbers shaping the ASC industry as we begin 2025:

On Jan. 5, a car crashed into a surgery center in Waterbury, Conn., according to a Jan. 5 report from NBC Connecticut. 

More than 100 women have filed a new lawsuit against Barry Brock, MD, an OB-GYN at Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, alleging sexual misconduct. In doing so, they joined 60 other women who had previously accused him of similar charges, the…

Non-life threatening injuries have been reported after a car crashed into a medical office building in Wyckoff, N.J., on the morning of Jan. 3, according to a report from Daily Voice Bergen County.

Eugene, Ore.-based Umpqua Community College and the Southwestern Oregon Workforce Investment Board have partnered with the Oregon Ambulatory Surgery Center Association to create the state’s first surgical technologist apprenticeship program, according …