Category: ASC News

Thomas Andrew Webster, MD, has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for conspiring to accept kickbacks through a fraudulent medical supply scheme. 

Rental rates for new de novo ASC space have skyrocketed in recent years, as labor costs, wood and steel prices have all increased through 2023 and into 2024, according to the 2024 “Medical Outpatient Building Outlook” from advisory firm Stout.

MercyOne announced its plans to close a hospital in Primghar, Iowa, by Sept. 30. 

Healthcare leaders, clinicians and patients alike have mixed feelings about the use of AI in medicine, but it is clear that its development and implementation is one that much of the industry is watching.

A dermatopathologist in Saginaw, Mich., has been ordered to pay $131,626 for ignoring a lawsuit for failing to pay his debts, MLive reported Aug. 5.  

Nonemergency surgeries at Beaufort (S.C.) Memorial Hospital have been delayed due to Tropical Storm Debby, The Island Packet reported Aug. 5. 

Nonemergency surgeries at Beaufort (S.C.) Memorial Hospital have been delayed due to Tropical Storm Debby, The Island Packet reported Aug. 5. 

The cost of initial cancer screening in the U.S hit $43.2 billion annually in 2021, according to a study published Aug. 6 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. 

The cost of initial cancer screening in the U.S hit $43.2 billion annually in 2021, according to a study published Aug. 6 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. 

The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association has spent $210,000 on lobbying expenses in 2024, according to data from campaign finance tracking nonprofit Open Secrets.