ASC News

Internal medicine boasts the highest number of physicians of any specialty, according to the Association of American Medical College's "2022 Physician Specialty Data Report."

Several healthcare leaders see a bright future for ASCs and expect the market to grow in 2023.

While the holiday COVID-19 boom was not as devastating as many experts predicted, the U.S. is still fighting a "tripledemic" of the flu, respiratory syncytial virus and COVID-19. According to a Jan. 13 article on the American Medical Association website,…

The consumer price index dropped 0.1 percent in December, the largest month-over-month decrease since April 2020, according to a Jan.12 report from CNBC.

Arizona House of Representatives member Selena Bliss has drafted a bill that would limit current regulations for physician assistants to help with healthcare in rural areas of the state, Today's News-Herald reported Jan. 11. 

Nine ASC leaders joined Becker's to discuss the biggest threats to the industry. 

The role of physician was named the 13th best job in healthcare, according to U.S. News and World Report's 2023 best job rankings released on Jan. 10. 

Former St. Clairsville, Ohio-based physician Freeda Flynn has been found guilty of illegally prescribing controlled substances, including oxycodone, hydrocodone and methadone, the U.S. Justice Department said Jan. 11. 

A new warning from the United Specialists for Patient Access prepares specialty providers and practice owners for clinic closures nationwide in the wake of scheduled 2023 Medicare Physician fee cuts.

In the wake of CMS' increasing ASC payment rates to 3.8 percent and adding four procedures to the list of covered ASC operations in its 2023 "Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System Proposed Rule," the…