Author: Patsy Newitt

Bellingham, Wash.-based osteopathic physician and surgeon Gregory Sharp, DO, has had his license suspended after allegations of improper management of pain medication, KGMI reported Aug. 11. 

Daniel Castro, MD, will be sentenced in October for his role in a scheme to defraud benefit programs by performing medically unnecessary sinus surgeries, the Justice Department said Aug. 10. 

Here's what three orthopedic leaders have to say about the state of outpatient spine surgery:

Here are three anesthesiologist-related stories Becker's has reported on since Aug. 3. 

Todd Harburn, DO, orthopedic sports medicine surgery specialist in Mackinaw City, Mich., joined Becker's to discuss the dangers of declining physician pay. 

The New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners permanently revoked the license of internist and hematologist Jashvant Amin, MD, who had sexual relations with a cognitively impaired patient who bore his child in 1986.

More than one-third of cases at Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International were orthopedic in 2022, according to a second-quarter report from Tenet, USPI's parent company. 

The ASC industry, like the rest of healthcare, is increasingly consolidating. 

Nurse practitioner is the fastest-growing occupation in the country, according to projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Healthgrades ranked the top hospitals for outpatient joint replacements in 2023, including 10 in North Carolina.