Specialists saw a 2 percent median pay increase this year compared to 2017 while median primary care physician compensation remained flat, according to an ECG Management Consultants survey.
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Wayne (N.J.) Surgical Center treated its 130,000th patient Nov. 26, an important milestone for the three-operating room, multispecialty surgical center.
Gregory P. DeConciliis, PA-C, CASC, is the administrator of Waltham, Mass.-based Boston Out-Patient Surgical Suites , a multispecialty center that opened in July 2004.
The number of ASCs in the U.S. has grown 82 percent since 2000 as the popularity of outpatient surgery has grown, according to REJournals and a JLL report.
Kyron Rayshawn Templeton, 27, will stand trial in March 2019 for capital murder after he allegedly stabbed and injured several people at an ASC in 2013, the Longview News-Journal reports.
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Rhetha Helen "Ann" Kidwiler, 70, passed away Nov. 23, Herald-Mail Media reports.
Savannah, Ga.-based Optim Surgery Center's Donald McCartney, MD, provided free surgery and physical therapy to two young Guatemalan siblings, WSAV3 reports.
The Klamath Falls. Ore.-based Klamath Surgery Center is celebrating its 20th anniversary in December, according to the Herald and News.
RTV6 reported on the story of Sandi Bowen, a woman diagnosed with breast cancer who decided to undergo a surgical procedure to remove her breast at an ASC.
In its third quarter financial report, Pacira noted a 23 percent increase in Exparel net product sales, which hit $82.2 million for the quarter,. Due to recent positive coverage announcements from CMS and private payers, the company updated its full…