Medscape's October report "Physicians Behaving Badly: US vs UK" laid out why physicians in the United Kingdom and the U.S. believe their colleagues behave inappropriately.

Texarkana, Ark.-based Lonnie Joseph Parker, MD, has been convicted for prescribing opioids without a legitimate medical purpose, the U.S. Justice Department said Oct. 29. 

Over half of all physicians are paid, at least in part, based on their personal productivity, according to the American Medical Association's latest "Physician Practice Benchmark Survey." 

One of two HealthAlliance Hospital campuses in Kingston, N.Y., will be converted into an outpatient care-focused, walkable health campus, according to a press release from the Westchester Medical Center Health Network. 

ASC management company Compass Surgical Partners has considerably expanded its leadership team, with six new hires in the last two months alone. 

From an Indianapolis medical office building to an Idaho hospital building, here are three medical office building sales Becker's has reported on in the last week. 

CHICAGO, IL, October 28, 2022 – Mytonomy, the leader in patient education and engagement solutions leveraging the power of content streaming, announced its expanded offering for Ambulatory Surgery Centers today at Becker’s 28th Annual ASC Review Conference.

More physicians from the U.S. have witnessed physicians behaving badly than physicians in the United Kingdom, according to Medscape's October report "Physicians Behaving Badly: US vs UK." 

Douglas, Ga.-based physician Wallace Steven Anderson, MD, has been sentenced to five years in prison after admitting to participating in a drug trafficking conspiracy, the U.S. Justice Department said Oct. 27.

Seventy-nine percent of medical groups said that payer prior authorization requirements increased in the last year, according to a March poll conducted by the Medical Group Management Association.

Los Banos, Calif.-based physician Sohail Mamdani, DO, was charged with mail fraud and money laundering in connection with a $53 million disability insurance fraud scheme, the U.S. Justice Department said Oct. 27. 

From a new Maryland ASC to a potential California addition, here are three ASC updates from Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente that Becker's has reported on this year. 

SCA Health, an organization specializing in ambulatory surgery care, has 20 open CEO positions at affiliated practices nationwide. 

United Surgical Partners International is the largest ambulatory surgery platform in the country, with 486 facilities nationwide. 

Mansfield, La.-based physician Jeffrey Evans Jr., MD, and Debra Craig, a licensed practical nurse, were indicted by a federal grand jury for illegally obtaining and distributing opioids and adderall, the U.S. Justice Department said Oct. 26. 

ASC management partner Compass Surgical Partners has added four new members to its leadership team in an effort to accelerate operations and innovation, according to an Oct. 26 press release. 

National Spine & Pain Centers has promoted Yeshvant Navalgund, MD, to the role of chief medical officer of ambulatory surgery. 

Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine has reached an agreement with CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield to keep its ASCs in the CareFirst network. 

From a Florida surgery center acquisition to new robotics, here are four new orthopedic ASC updates Becker's has reported on in the last 30 days. 

Eighty-nine SCA Health ASCs made Newsweek's "America's Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers," which ranks 510 of the more than 5,000 Medicare-certified ASCs in the country.