Patsy Newitt

Becker's reported on 10 new ASCs in California in 2023. 

A physician and his physician assistant in Port Huron, Mich., pleaded no contest to overprescribing opioids, among other charges, the Port Huron Times Herald reported Dec. 14. 

Medscape laid out the money physicians have saved for retirement and other key statistics in its "Physicians Eye Retirement Report," published Dec. 14. 

Kileen, Texas, is the most affordable fast-growing city in America, according to a Dec. 14 report from personal finance website GoBankingRates. 

Certificate-of-need laws, which govern where providers can build facilities, have been an obstacle to ASC growth for years, but many leaders are hopeful about the policy changes made in 2023. 

Joe Peluso, administrator at Aestique Surgical Center in Greensburg, Pa., joined Becker's to discuss market trends affecting success in ASCs, particularly independent organizations.

Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth will close one of its clinics Dec. 15. 

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Dolor Technologies has entered a settlement agreement to resolve false claims allegations relating to a device it sold to treat migraines. 

California had the most new ASCs that Becker's reported on in 2023.