ASC News

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare detailed its 2022 revenues, acquisitions, plans for 2023 and more in its fourth-quarter earnings call. 

Nashville-based Ascension Saint Thomas has announced changes in its leadership, promoting former chief strategy officer of ambulatory surgical services, Robyn Morrissey, to chief strategy officer, according to a Feb. 13 report from radio station WGNS.

Washington state added the most new ASCs between 2021 and 2022 with 93 new centers, according to data from the ASC Association, followed by California and Arizona. 

Some ASC leaders are worried the consolidation of health systems, private practices and ASCs might make it difficult for patients to receive care from ASCs.  

In 2022, plastic surgeons and orthopedic surgeons were the two highest paid physician specialists, earning $576,000 and $557,000 respectively, according to a 2022 report from Medscape. Additionally, they were two of the specialties with the lowest burnout rates for 2022,…

Ten years ago, radiologists and orthopedic surgeons topped the list of the highest paying physician specialists, making an average salary of $315,000 a year, according to Medscape's yearly physician compensation report. 

There are 12 ways for medical students and early-career physicians to make the most out of mentorship opportunities, according to Feb. 13 report from the American Medical Association and child and adolescent psychiatrist Laura Halpin, MD.

The American Medical Association has established a gun violence task force to prevent violence and improve safety. 

Charlotte, N.C.-based Novant Health has been gifted $1.5 million from the Golden Leaf Foundation to improve rural healthcare, NBC affiliate WECT reported Feb. 9. 

Hooman Melamed, MD, a California-based spine surgeon, filed a lawsuit against Marina Del Rey, Calif.-based Diagnostic and Interventional Surgical Center, where he previously was an owner, and HOI ASC Holdings.