ASC News

Sage Transparency, a healthcare transparency database from the Employee's Forum of Indiana, has named the ASCs charging the highest percent above Medicare payments to commercial insurers in every state based on the facility's Medicare reimbursement rate. 

Nashville, Tenn.-based ASC management organization Regent Surgical Health has added Erik Kraemer as its new chief development officer. 

Thirty-three percent of physicians are explicitly not allowed to practice outside of their respective employment agreements, according to 2023 data from online networking service Doximity.

Thirty-three percent of physicians said they would most likely pursue a side gig to account for economic factors such as inflation, according to 2023 data from online networking service Doximity.

From nationwide nursing shortages, which are affecting ASC recruitment and retention efforts, to two states giving nurse practitioners more independence, here are eight nursing updates for ASC leaders to know: 

This year, Steven Ozeran, MD, medical director of Lewiston, Idaho-based Ozeran Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, made the decision to close down his practice's affiliated ASC, Syringa Surgery Center, due in part to a nursing shortage that has been impacting practices…

In March, pharmacy chain Rite Aid faced lawsuits from the Justice Department and Kentucky physician James Chaney. Here are six things to know about the lawsuits: 

The gender pay gap among all physicians decreased from 28 percent in 2021 to 26 percent in 2022, according to 2023 data from online networking service Doximity.

Here are four physicians suing their employers or former employers since Feb. 24:

Los Angeles County is taking steps to retrofit county-owned buildings to make them more capable of withstanding a major earthquake, creating a list of 33 buildings most vulnerable to collapse, according to a March 27 report from the Los Angeles…