Author: Patsy Newitt

Michael McClain, founder of LeftCoast Healthcare Advisors and former ASC administrator, joined Becker's to discuss the biggest growth opportunities for ASCs. 

Here are three major companies and four major health systems leading the charge in physician employment:

Idaho was named the worst state for physicians to practice twice in the past five years by Medscape's Best and Worst Places to Practice reports from 2019-24.

Here are three updates on physicians' wrongful termination lawsuits in the last month:

Here are seven ASCs opened or announced in May, as reported by Becker's:

Forty-eight percent of anesthesiologists are taking on extra work to boost their pay, according to Medscape's 2024 "Anesthesiologist Compensation Report," published May 24. 

Charles Hatfield, the former CEO of Williamson (W.Va.) Memorial Hospital, has pleaded guilty to stealing hospital money for personal use. 

Primary care physicians in the West saw a 15.1% increase in pay from 2019 to 2023, according to the Medical Group Management Association's "Provider Compensation and Productivity Data Report."

Tenet Healthcare, parent company of ASC giant United Surgical Partners International, is one step closer to securing a 30-year lease for the 387-bed Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, Calif., the Desert Sun reported.

Ten U.S. physicians appeared on Forbes' 38th annual list of the world's richest people.