ASC News

While most cyberattacks you likely hear about are those directed at large organizations, cybercriminals are not just targeting big players.

Scammers are increasing efforts to trick people out of their money, and some are targeting physicians.

Mendelson Kornblum Orthopedic and Spine Specialists, a 21-physician practice in Livonia, Mich., recently notified patients that certain health information could have been exposed in a cyberattack.

COVID-19 for selecting N95 masks has been acquiring personal protective equipment (PPE) to help keep clinicians safe. As organizations have turned to vendors at home and abroad to source products, many have discovered that not all masks are created equal.

Adam Smith, MD, a plastic surgeon affiliated with an ASC, may no longer practice medicine in Iowa, according to an Iowa Capital Dispatch report.

ValueHealth, a Leawood, Kan.-based digital healthcare company, has made several big moves in the first quarter:

Four physicians filed lawsuits in March against the health systems and medical groups previously employing them.

Surgical Information Systems ranked first in client rating for ASC EHR user satisfaction for the sixth consecutive year in a Black Book survey.

ASC owners and operators faced challenges last year when elective surgeries were limited across the U.S.

Timothy Story, MD, of Carmel, Ind., is suing St. Vincent Medical Group, alleging he was fired without cause last year, according to a report in The Indiana Lawyer.