ASC News

Technology leader ModMed has been named the top EHR for nine medical specialties on Black Book's Physician Practice & Ambulatory Solutions list for 2023. 

Covenant High Plains Surgery Center in Lubbock, Texas, has become the first in the region to perform a robotic gastric sleeve bariatric procedure using the Da Vinci X robot. 

About 88 percent of working medical professionals have had a violent interaction with a patient in the last year, according to a recent survey from Medscape of 247 employed medical workers, including physicians, specialists, administrators and nurses. 

Below are 50 hospitals ending services that Becker's has reported on since Feb. 6:

U.S. News & World Report named anesthesiology the highest paying job in the U.S. for 2023, with an average annual salary of $208,000. 

California, Texas and Florida are the states with the most ASCs, according to data from Definitive Healthcare.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has temporarily appointed R. Christopher Lindsay as head of Virginia's Department of Health following the rejection of appointee Colin Greene, MD, according to a Feb. 13 report from the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Eleven states across the country saw a decline in the number of ASCs in the state between 2021 and 2022, according to yearly data from the ASC Association. Oregon saw the greatest decline, losing 95 facilities in the course of…

New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery was named the best hospital for orthopedic surgery in 2022 and 2023, and two leaders of the organization recently joined Becker's to share how they would ensure success at ASCs.

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