ASC News

The demand for specialty physicians has increased, leading to a rebound of salaries that had fallen during the pandemic, according to AMN Healthcare's Merritt Hawkins’ Review, published June 30.

Medline held a ribbon cutting ceremony July 20 for its new 1.4 million-square-foot medical distribution center in Grayslake, Ill., thought to be the largest medical-grade distribution center in the country. 

Michigan endocrinologist Bashar Kiami, MD, has pleaded guilty to tax evasion, the Justice Department said July 19. 

The HHS Office of Inspector General released an advisory opinion highlighting the potential for fraud and abuse in provider-sponsored continuing education programs, according to a July 19 article in JDSupra.

The New Jersey Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers has elected two new board members and a new president.

Smyrna, Tenn.-based physician and clinic owner Hau La was convicted of unlawfully distributing opioids, the U.S. Justice Department said July 20. 

Health First received zoning approval from the Brevard County Commission on July 19 for its proposed $508 million hospital and wellness village in Merritt Island, Fla., Florida Today reported.

While hiring is rising in many sectors of the economy, employment for physicians and surgeons is forecast to grow slower than the national average over the next eight years. 

A union representing California public hospital workers is suing a county hospital authority, accusing it of prioritizing the needs of a county-created ASC above those of the public hospital and county residents and violating the law in the process, according…

A California bill that would exempt physicians from prior authorization rules if they have practiced within an insurer's plan's criteria 80 percent of the time has passed the Assembly Health Committee, according to a recent report from the California Medical…