Redlands Mesa Surgery Center and Colorado Injury and Pain Specialists in Grand Junction, Colo., will soon close their doors, The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reported March 26.
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A Houston physician was convicted March 25 of unlawfully prescribing more than 1 million hydrocodone pills worth about $1.75 million, according to the U.S. Justice Department.
An Arlington, Texas-based physician was sentenced to 12 years in prison and ordered to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for his role in a scheme to illegally distribute controlled substances.
Rent continues to soar, and in some areas the average monthly rent accounts for more than 30 percent of household income, according to realtor.com.
Deepak Reddy, MD, said staffing will be a challenge for his practice, South Bend (Ind.) Orthopaedics, in 2022.
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The volume of ASC services per fee-for-service beneficiary fell 15.8 percent between 2019 and 2020, according to the March Medicare Payment Advisory Commission report.
Nevada has the lowest projected physician competition by 2028, according to WalletHub's "2022 Best & Worst States for Doctors" ranking, released March 21.
Massachusetts has the least punitive medical board, according to WalletHub's "2022 Best & Worst States for Doctors" ranking, released March 21.
Florham Park, N.J.-based Advanced Medical Practice Management was hit with a network breach in July that affected two ASCs and a gastroenterology group.
As physicians increasingly migrate to hospital employment, ASCs could experience firsthand the effects of the looming physician shortage.