In 2023, malpractice verdicts hit a record high, with 57 medical malpractice verdicts of $10 million or more, and more than half of those verdicts exceeding $25 million.
Category: Becker’s ASC Review
Trump's pick for CDC director: 10 things to know
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated David Weldon, MD, who has been a medical doctor for 40 years and an Army veteran, as the director pick for the Center for Disease Control.
What to know about Trump's surgeon general nominee
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Janette Nesheiwat, MD, a double board-certified physician, to serve as surgeon general.
California ASC physician faces negligence suit
A medical malpractice suit was filed Nov. 15 against Akira Yamamoto, MD, Lynette Tschabold, PA-C, Scott Morley and several parties under the Palo Alto (Calif.) Medical Foundation, a network of Sutter Health-affiliated physicians, Northern California Re…
Trump picks Johns Hopkins surgeon to head FDA: 10 things to know
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Marty Makary, MD, a pancreatic surgeon at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, as commissioner of the FDA, NBC News reported Nov. 22.
Trump picks Johns Hopkins surgeon to head FDA: 10 things to know
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Marty Makary, MD, a pancreatic surgeon at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, as commissioner of the FDA, NBC News reported Nov. 22.
Trump picks Johns Hopkins surgeon to head FDA: 10 things to know
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Marty Makary, MD, a pancreatic surgeon at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, as commissioner of the FDA, NBC News reported Nov. 22.
The administrative burdens holding back ASC growth
The ASC market will likely see significant growth into the next several years, but many ASC leaders and physicians continue to feel tied down by arduous administrative burdens.
St. Tammany Health System to open $75M surgery center
Covington, La.-based St. Tammany Health System will soon open a new $75 million ASC, Nola.com reported Nov. 21.
Former Cleveland Clinic anesthesiologist dies at 91
Anesthesiologist John Anderson, MD, died at age 91 on Nov. 21 in Cleveland, according to an obituary published by WMFD.com Nov. 22.
