Author: Patsy Newitt

Outpatient case management is the happiest job for nurses while school nurse is the unhappiest job for nurses, according to 2023 rankings by Nursing Process.

Between inflation, reimbursement declines and Medicare pay cuts, physician pay is struggling to keep up. 

Anesthesia costs are skyrocketing, and some ASCs are worried about sustainability of these issues if payer reimbursements do not adjust. 

A New Jersey woman has been arrested for allegedly posing as a physician, treating patients and prescribing medications. 

At the end of the second quarter in 2022, Dallas-based Tenet paid $406 million to acquire Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health's 5 percent equity position in USPI. 

UnitedHealth Group's Optum, parent company of ASC chain SCA Health, based in Deerfield, Ill., has been on a spending spree, making several massive deals in 2023. Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners, meanwhile, spent almost $250 million to acquire ASCs last year…

Irene Kimura, MD, a physician based in Moses Lake, Wash., has had her medical license revoked following an investigation into two patient overdoses and unprofessional conduct, CBS affiliate KREM reported July 26. 

Certificate-of-need laws vary by state and consequently can have a huge impact on ASC development in each region.

Some leaders believe payers will be forced to increase ASC reimbursements as they become more lucrative amid healthcare's shift to value-based care. 

As a low-cost site of service, ASCs could benefit as value-based care's influence in healthcare heightens.