Author: Patsy Newitt

Here are five statistics on the growth of ASC chains:

California has the most ASCs of any state and Vermont has the fewest, according to the most recent data from CMS. 

The percentage of physicians who work in private practice has decreased from 60.1 percent in 2012 to 46.7 percent in 2022, according to recently released analysis of 10 years of data on physician practice arrangements conducted by the American Medical…

A Fort Lewis, Wash.-based military anesthesiologist Michael Stockin, MD, at Joint Base Lewis McChord has been charged by the Army with alleged sexual assault, Fox affiliate KCPQ reported Sept. 1. 

A Sioux City, Iowa-based anesthesiologist, Dale Klein, MD, who was fired from MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center in December 2021, is alleging in a lawsuit that he was blacklisted by the hospital's administrators to prevent him from getting another job, SiouxCity…

The Colorado state medical board ruled that Greenwood-based plastic surgeon Geoffrey Kim, MD, can continue practicing medicine after being convicted of reckless manslaughter, CBS News reported Aug. 31. 

Changing times and acceptance of more casual behavior is the most common reason physicians believe their colleagues behave inappropriately, according to Medscape's "Physician Behavior Report 2023."

Physicians are facing rising prior authorization requirements and increasing denials, and some leaders say it is taking away their ability to make decisions. 

Here are nine ASCs that opened or were announced in August:

Medscape surveyed 1,671 physicians across more than 29 specialties in its "Physician Behavior Report 2023."  The responses were acquired between Jan. 17 and March 21.