Author: Patsy Newitt

In the last wealth, at least five health systems have reported multimillion-dollar operating losses for the first quarter ending March 31: 

Brian Curtin, MD, orthopedic surgeon at Charlotte, N.C.-based OrthoCarolina, joined Becker's to discuss how physicians can leverage their power. 

According to Michael Meyers, president and CEO of Manhasset, N.Y.-based medtech company Meyers & Gerard Medical, Optum's quick growth and acquisition of physician groups is a cause for concern. 

Optum, parent company of ASC chain SCA Health, is the largest employer of physicians in the country. 

Shashi Ahuja, MD, must pay $2.6 million in damages for a botched procedure that left a Fort Wayne, Ind., woman with a disfigured and unusable right leg, wane.com reported May 26. 

Here are 11 ASCs opened or announced that Becker's reported on in May:

Although the ASC industry is slowly consolidating, the industry as a whole has remained independent amid increasing healthcare consolidation. 

Five healthcare leaders recently joined Becker's to discuss how physicians can leverage their power in the industry.

Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International is the largest ASC chain in the country. 

Most anesthesiologists do not intend to drop lower-paying insurers, according to Medscape's "Anesthesiologist Compensation Report" for 2023.