For the first time, less than 50 percent of physicians reported working in physician-owned practices last year, according to a May 5 American Medical Association report.
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Congress is considering a new bill that could ease the tax burden on ASCs, and a Wisconsin city is considering a zoning change after an ASC controversy.
HST Pathways, a cloud-based software for surgical centers merged with Simple Admit, a patient management platform.
The city council in Beloit, Wis., is considering a zoning change to include an ASC category after a controversy that resulted in OrthoIllinois withdrawing its proposal to build an ASC, Beloit Daily News reported April 29.
From a shuttered 26-physician practice to multiple Vermont physician practices closing down, Becker's ASC Review has reported on four medical group closures so far this year.
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HHS' Office of Inspector General said it wouldn't impose sanctions on a joint-venture ASC investment by a health system, certain surgeons employed by the system and an ASC management company, according to an opinion posted April 29.
Regan Nichols, a former physician based in Midwest City, Okla., was convicted of second-degree murder after five of her patients died of opioid overdoses, according to a statement from Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter.
Here are 10 key articles for ASC executives from Becker's ASC Review:
COVID-19 has accelerated the migration of surgeries to the outpatient setting, and many administrators expect the trend to continue.