ASC News

Johanah Napoleon, former president and owner of the Palm Beach School of Nursing in West Palm Beach, Fla., has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for awarding at least 7,600 fake diplomas, according to a July 25 report from…

New research from the University of Chicago is working to create an accurate picture of physician earnings. 

Former gynecologist Robert Hadden, MD, who has been accused of sexually abusing several patients over the course of about 25 years, was sentenced to 20 years in prison, according to a July 25 news release from the Justice Department.

A former nurse at the Oregon Department of Corrections was found guilty of sexually assaulting nine inmates at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville (Ore.).

The California Supreme Court has resurrected a case that could impact whether or not insurers can punish physicians for referring patients to out-of-network providers, according to a July 25 report from Medscape.

Being an ASC administrator is about more than managing workers and patients on the day-to-day. It also involves juggling several other key tasks at a practice that other employees are unaware of. 

The Federation of State Medical Boards has released data from its 2022 Physician Census, which provides a comprehensive compilation of physician license and demographic information. 

Florida has the most active nurse practitioners, while California has the most active physician assistants, according to May data from KFF.

Networking service Doximity has named the top four general surgery residency programs for 2023, with the majority located on the East Coast: 

Job search engine Adzuna has compiled the number of job openings at five of the country's largest ASC chains, including HCA Healthcare and SCA Health.