ASC News

For Greg Horner, MD, managing partner at Pleasanton, Calif.-based HealthPoint Ambulatory Surgery Co., 2008 was the heyday of the ASC industry despite the country's economic downturn.  

Florida is one of the most active states for ASCs and medical real estate.

Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak and the state interim finance committee have awarded the University of Nevada Las Vegas Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine $70 million to construct an ASC and a pathology lab, according to an Aug. 19 report from…

Thomas Sachy, MD, who pleaded guilty to illegally dispensing drugs in 2021 is withdrawing his plea, The Macon Telegraph reported Aug. 18. 

Medical school graduates are often saddled with large amounts of debt at the end of their education, and the class of 2021 was no exception. 

Eighty-six percent of physicians have witnessed other physicians bully or harass clinicians or staff in the last five years, according to Medscape's 2022 report "Physicians Behaving Badly."

DAY-OP Center of Long Island (N.Y.) is expanding into a new 13,233-square-foot leased building in Woodbury (N.Y.), according to an Aug. 19 report from Long Island Business News.

Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare and Delaware State University are in an ongoing discussion to open the first medical school in the state of Delaware, according to an Aug. 18 report from Delaware Public Radio. 

The ASC Political Action Committee uses collected funds to lobby for the interests of ASCs and ASC owners through supporting candidates, ballot measures and other political interests. 

In today's environment, staffing challenges continue to be one of the biggest issues ASC leaders are up against.