Category: ASC News

A team of surgeons at UC San Diego Health have become the first in the U.S. to use Distalmotion’s Dexter surgical robot in the outpatient setting.

The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations and Legal Aid at Work is filing a complaint against the Outpatient Surgery Center of La Jolla (Calif.), an affiliate of SCA Health, for the alleged wrongful termination of registered n…

Edina, Minn.-based Silverman Ankle & Foot will close on March 2, 2025, after 20 years in operation, according to a notice on the practice’s website.

A Mattituck, N.Y.-based physician was charged for allegedly receiving kickbacks in exchange for medically unnecessary brain scans. 

Here are four hospitals and health systems that have announced layoffs in the last month, as reported by Beckers:

The Iowa Board of Medicine has refused to license a Missouri physician who is trying to practice medicine in the state for a third time, KCCI Des Moines reported Dec. 1. 

Four Florida individuals have been sentenced for their role in a $54.3 million health care fraud scheme in which they paid kickbacks and bribes to telemarketers and physicians to secure orders for medically unnecessary prescriptions. 

Becker’s reported on 10 hospitals or health systems shuttering services in November, which could shift how ASCs in these markets operate. 

California physician Lilit Baltaian, MD, has pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud related to her false home health certifications and fraudulent billings. 

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is planning to phase out its internal medicine residency program at McKeesport (Pa.) hospital, a spokesperson for the hospital confirmed to Becker’s Nov. 26.