Patsy Newitt

Physician-owned hospitals saved $1.1 billion in 2019 compared to traditional facilities, according to a recent report analyzing the cost of 20 of the most expensive conditions for Medicare patients.

CMS settled a record-breaking $9.29 million in Stark law voluntary self-referral disclosure settlements in 2022, according to recent CMS data.

The Texas Medical Board has suspended the license of anesthesiologist Michael Gallagher, MD, after a patient died July 10 at the Wortham, Texas-based med spa where he was the medical director, D Magazine reported Oct. 18. 

Eighty-six ASCs in California made Newsweek's "America's Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers" list, which ranks 550 of the more than 5,000 Medicare-certified ASCs in the country.

Twenty-nine ASCs affiliated with Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International made Newsweek's "America's Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers" list, which ranks 550 of the more than 5,000 Medicare-certified ASCs in the country.

Gastroenterology practices have become increasingly attractive to private equity firms in the past several years, according to a May 2023 report from Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan's Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 

Sixty-seven endoscopy centers made Newsweek's "America's Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers" list, which ranks 550 of the more than 5,000 Medicare-certified ASCs in the country.

Here are four statistics on the anesthesiologist shortage that leaders should know:

HHS' Office of the Inspector General has confirmed broad protection of employee safe harbor under anti-kickback laws in a recent ruling involving physician ownership of an ASC, according to an Oct. 17 article in JDSupra written by law firm Sheppard…

Here are five private equity forces driving growth in the ASC industry: