Police this week arrested a woman they say was posing as a plastic surgeon at an unnamed surgery center in Doral, Fla., according to a local CBS affiliate. Read more.
Self-employed physicians continue to face risks as new physicians tend to gravitate toward the benefits of employed models. Here are the biggest threats to physician ownership.
A former employee of Deerfield, Ill.-based Surgical Care Affiliates filed a complaint against the company and Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International, alleging they entered into an agreement not to compete for senior-level employees. Read more.
Nashville, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners reported $1.9 billion in 2020 revenue but still posted a net loss of $155.6 million on the year. Read more.
UC Davis Health plans to build a medical campus with a 120 bed hospital, a 50-bed skilled nursing facility and an ASC in Rocklin, Calif.
NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital in New York City will open an ASC March 15.
ASCs have given surgeons and patients a safe environment for surgeries during the pandemic, but the centers suffered financially when case volumes were limited last spring. Read more.
CRH Medical formed a joint venture with a Florida gastroenterology anesthesia practice in Largo, Fla.
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