ASC News

Nashville-based ASC services leader AMSURG has established a joint venture with Escondido, Calif.-based Palomar Health's Poway Surgery Center. 

An osteopathic physician in Middleburg Heights, Ohio, is being sued by the federal government for allegedly not paying nearly $650,000 in taxes and late fees, cleveland.com reported June 3. 

Data breaches in healthcare have boomed in recent years, as technology advances and becomes more integral to the medical field.

As new ASCs continue to pop up across the country, they are not all able to open without pushback from community members or other health systems in the area. 

Here are three updates on physicians' wrongful termination lawsuits in the last month:

Washington (Pa.) Health System finalized its merger with Pittsburgh-based UPMC one year after the two health systems announced plans to affiliate.

Infectious disease physicians are the least happy of all physician specialists when it comes to compensation rates, according to Medscape's 2024 "Compensation Report," published in May. 

Here are seven gastroenterology-focused ASCs that have opened in the last two months, as reported by Becker's since April 10:

Here are four ASCs in the U.S. that have added robotic technology to their facilities, as reported by Becker's since April 12:

Wisconsin has been named the best state to practice medicine for 2024, according to Medscape's "Best & Worst Places to Practice" report, published May 30. In contrast, West Virginia has been named the worst state in which to practice.