ASC News

UnitedHealthcare Group currently has the highest price per share of any company listed on the Dow Jones, with its annual revenue growing by over $100 billion since 2012, according to a May 20 report from CNBC.

Denton, Texas-based family medicine physician Stanley Charles Evans, MD, has been sentenced to 40 months in prison for overprescribing opioids, the Justice Department said May 19. 

In December, CMS submitted a 134-page proposal designed to improve prior authorizations for Medicare and Medicaid patients through automating the process and improving workflows. 

Medscape surveyed 10,011 physicians for its 2023 "Physician Compensation Report" on their experiences.

Two ASC administrators joined Becker's to share how they have adapted their management approaches to keep costs down.

Here are three updates where states have punished physicians by suspending or restricting their medical licenses, as covered by Becker's since April 28:

Washington, D.C., has been named the worst place for physicians to practice in for 2023, based on data from Medscape's "Best & Worst Places to Practice" report, released on May 18. 

Idaho has been named the top state for physicians to practice in for 2023, based on data from Medscape's "Best & Worst Places to Practice" report, released on May 18. 

A bill known as the Health Care Practitioner Titles and Designations bill is headed to the desk of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis this week, according to a May 16 report from ABC affiliate WPBF. 

Denver-based HealthOne, an affiliate of Nashville, Tenn-based HCA Healthcare, has been named one of the top workplaces in the area for 2023 by The Denver Post.