ASC News

From state gubernatorial races to U.S. Senate races, physicians across the country are throwing their hats in the ring for the 2022 elections. 

UnitedHealth, parent company of Optum and ASC chain SCA Health, is having a huge year for acquisitions. 

Thousands of Americans are still filing unemployment insurance claims every week, even with a declining unemployment rate. 

North Carolina eye surgeon Jay Singleton, MD, is appealing a June 21 unanimous court decision to dismiss his challenge to the state's certificate of need laws, The Carolina Journal reported Aug. 16.

Hawaii's Lt. Gov. and physician Josh Green, MD, has won the Democratic primary for governor, the Tribune-Star reported Aug. 14. 

Florida Health Department inspectors found that physicians performing surgeries at the plastic surgery center Miami Surgical Center don't have state-required hospital backups to save a patient's life if procedures go wrong, the Miami Herald reported Aug. 15. 

A pain management physician was convicted Aug. 12 of unlawfully distributing opioids from his Martins Ferry, Ohio-based clinic, the U.S. Justice Department said Aug. 15. 

With rising inflation rates and gas prices, several ASC leaders and business owners are watching for signs of an impending recession. 

Stockton, Calif.-based physician Azizulah Kamali, MD, has agreed to pay $1.9 million to resolve allegations that he submitted false claims for surgically implanted neurostimulators and paid kickbacks to sales marketers, the U.S. Justice Department said Aug. 12. 

As the MLB approaches the second half of its 2022 season, Becker's has reported on players from three different teams needing surgery since Aug.1.