Author: Patsy Newitt

The Iowa Board of Medicine has suspended the license of emergency room physician Maman Ali, MD, who allegedly was under the influence of narcotics while treating patients, Iowa Capital Dispatch reported Nov. 30. 

Nine ASCs in New York City, the country's largest city, and eight ASCs in Houston, the country's fourth largest city, made Newsweek's "America's Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers," which ranks 510 of the more than 5,000 Medicare-certified ASCs in the country.

Here are the 13 new ASCs Becker's reported in November:

A joint venture between AEW Capital Management and Flagship Healthcare Trust has acquired eight ASCs across seven states, the company said in a Nov. 30 news release shared with Becker's. 

Here are 10 of the most expensive ASC projects in 2022, totaling more than $3 billion:

Here are four leaders' thoughts on reimbursements:

From GI tech to payer behavior, here are three ASC leaders on the industry:

Doylestown, Pa.-based Richard Alan Kondan, DO, has been sentenced to two to six years in prison for unlawful prescription of opioids, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said Nov. 29. 

As procedures migrate to the outpatient setting, ASC leaders are seeing cardiology and orthopedics as huge opportunities for growth. 

Here are six updates from UnitedHealthcare, one of the largest payers, since Nov. 17: