ASC News

Here are seven updates:

Surgical Care Affiliates has acquired an interest in Advanced Surgical Hospital in Washington, Pa.

Armando Vidal, MD, of the University of Colorado Hospital Lone Tree Surgery Center became the first surgeon in the state to treat a patient with the Cartiform from Arthrex cartilage graft for ACL repair, according to a local ABC 7…

ECG Management Consultants released the 2015 Physician Compensation Survey results, noting both primary care physicians and specialists reported higher compensation than 2014 levels.

University of Southern California-Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan researchers found the healthcare stereotype threat exists, according to Medical Daily.

The medical tourism market includes more than 40 countries in Asia, America, Africa and Eastern Europe, and attracts millions of people, according to a ResearchMoz report.

Wauwatosa (Wis.) Surgery Center, an affiliate of Surgical Care Affiliates, made its decision to construct a recovery center in November, 2014. The recovery center opened on Sept. 15, 2015, and it has already had an impact on ASC operations.

State legislators are increasingly dictating the way physicians should practice medicine, according to The Washington Post.

Here are 59 companies involved in the management and development of ASCs.  Note: This list is not an endorsement of any company. Acumen Healthcare (Marietta, Ga.). Andrew T. King founded Acumen Healthcare in 1999 and now serves as the company’s president. Acumen…

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