Patsy Newitt

Becker's has reported on four physician fraud cases totaling more than $15 million in the last two weeks:

With a 2024 net worth of $1 billion, Roy Vagelos, MD, made Forbes' 38th annual World's Billionaires list, released April 2, for the first time. 

Malpractice awards are getting higher for physicians and hospitals across the country. 

Here are 14 new ASCs opened or announced in March:

Ten physicians made Forbes' 38th World's Billionaires list, released April 2. 

The trial for Raynaldo Ortiz Jr., MD, an anesthesiologist who allegedly injected heart-stopping drugs into IV bags at Baylor Scott & White Surgicare North Dallas, began April 1, local Fox affiliate KDFW reported April 2. 

A Colorado anesthesiologist was arrested for alleged unlawful sexual contact, local NBC affiliate 9News reported April 1. 

As more hospitals close amid financial headwinds, ASCs might need to be prepared for patient volume shifts. 

The highest paid executive at Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare was paid 356 times more than the health system's median employee in 2023, according to a March 15 proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

Intermountain Health's physician group Saltzer Health in Nampa, Idaho, closed March 29, a spokesperson said in a statement shared with Becker's.