ASC News

Residents of 12 states are relocating at high rates, with 8,157 Illinois residents moving out in 2022, according to a new report from Forbes. 

Salt Lake City-based ophthalmologist Paul Wade Wyatt, MD, is facing criminal charges for allegedly performing surgeries with a suspended license, leaving one patient blind, according to a report from NBC affiliate KSL. 

Three individuals working in the field of health and mental healthcare have been named to Forbes' inaugural list of 50 leaders who are shaping the future of the workplace. 

Twenty-eight percent of physicians have reported a drop in income in the last year, according to the Physicians Foundation's "2022 Survey of America's Physicians," released Nov. 15. 

Concord, N.C.-based Gateway Ambulatory Surgery Center discovered unauthorized access to its network, which resulted in leaked patient data, JDSupra reported Nov. 16. 

Healthcare facilities operate on very slim margins. This makes maximizing the efficiency of operating rooms (ORs) a high priority for hospitals and ASCs. Streamlining the patient journey is essential, since impediments to efficiency exist at every step along the way.

From the inclusion of new procedures to a physician pay cut, here are five critical CMS updates for ASC leaders. 

The largest ASC network in the U.S., United Surgical Partners International, currently has 12 open administrative positions across nine states.

From an ASC relocation to a new foot surgery center, here are four new Iowa ASC projects Becker's has reported on since Sept. 9. 

Waterbury, Conn.-based physician Philip Mongelluzzo Jr., MD, was fined $10,000 for inappropriately prescribing high narcotics doses to patients, the Hartford Courant reported Nov. 15.