Category: ASC News

Independent ASCs often struggle to compete with larger providers in securing lucrative contracts for reimbursements and supplies, but have a critical edge when it comes to recruitment. 

A physician in the Chicago suburbs has pleaded guilty to a $2.4 million healthcare fraud scheme of billing Medicaid and private insurers for nonexistent services. 

Youngstown, Ohio, was ranked U.S. News & World Report’s most affordable place to retire in 2024.

While 41% of physicians report feeling equally excited and terrified about artificial intelligence in medicine, it has important uses in the field, including performing the back-end work done by EHR software, the American Medical Association’s immediat…

In May, Oregon became the first state in the country to officially change the title of “physician assistant” to “physician associate.” 

The majority of physician assistants are happy with their career choice and would choose the same profession again if given the opportunity to do it over, according to Medscape’s 2024 “Physician Assistant Career Satisfaction Report,” published June 28….

As hospitals continue to cut service lines amid thinning margins and high inflation, ASCs could have an opportunity to pick up patient volume. 

The average annual salary for physician assistants increased by 4.1% between 2023 and 2024, while inflation is currently down by 19.5%.

OptumRx, Optum’s pharmacy benefit management company, has agreed to pay $20 million to settle allegations it improperly filled certain opioid prescriptions, violating the Controlled Substances Act.

A medical office building in Red Bank, N.J., was evacuated on the afternoon of June 27 after a car crashed into it, according to a June 27 report from Red Bank Green.