More than one-third of cases at Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International were orthopedic in 2022, according to a second-quarter report from Tenet, USPI's parent company.
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The ASC industry, like the rest of healthcare, is increasingly consolidating.
Nurse practitioner is the fastest-growing occupation in the country, according to projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Healthgrades ranked the top hospitals for outpatient joint replacements in 2023, including 10 in North Carolina.
The outlook for the ASC industry looks positive in the coming years, but challenges remain.
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Emergency room physician Dylan Rylak, MD, and two physician groups are being sued for $2.4 million in a medical malpractice suit that claims the physician missed signs of a patient having a stroke, the Staunton News Leader reported Aug. 9.
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Cataract removal was the most common ASC procedure by the total number of charges in 2022, according to July 26 data from Definitive Healthcare.
Springfield, Ill.-based Memorial Health 20 percent of leadership positions, along with other positions, due to economic trends.
Psychiatry is the fastest-growing physician specialty, according to projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.