Author: Patsy Newitt

Primary care physicians saw a 18.3% jump in total cash compensation over the last five years, according to SullivanCotter's 2023 "Physician Compensation and Productivity Survey."

Physician-owned hospitals saved $1.1 billion in 2019 compared to traditional facilities, according to a recent report analyzing the cost of 20 of the most expensive conditions for Medicare patients.

CMS settled a record-breaking $9.29 million in Stark law voluntary self-referral disclosure settlements in 2022, according to recent CMS data.

The Texas Medical Board has suspended the license of anesthesiologist Michael Gallagher, MD, after a patient died July 10 at the Wortham, Texas-based med spa where he was the medical director, D Magazine reported Oct. 18. 

Eighty-six ASCs in California made Newsweek's "America's Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers" list, which ranks 550 of the more than 5,000 Medicare-certified ASCs in the country.

Twenty-nine ASCs affiliated with Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International made Newsweek's "America's Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers" list, which ranks 550 of the more than 5,000 Medicare-certified ASCs in the country.

Gastroenterology practices have become increasingly attractive to private equity firms in the past several years, according to a May 2023 report from Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan's Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 

Sixty-seven endoscopy centers made Newsweek's "America's Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers" list, which ranks 550 of the more than 5,000 Medicare-certified ASCs in the country.

Here are four statistics on the anesthesiologist shortage that leaders should know:

HHS' Office of the Inspector General has confirmed broad protection of employee safe harbor under anti-kickback laws in a recent ruling involving physician ownership of an ASC, according to an Oct. 17 article in JDSupra written by law firm Sheppard…