Patsy Newitt

A chain of Optum-owned urgent care clinics are laying off nursing positions nationwide. 

Les Jebson, regional administrator at Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health, joined Becker's to discuss the misconceptions of ASCs and how declining physician pay could affect the industry. 

Detroit-based interventional pain management physician Rajendra Bothra, MD, and the two medical entities he owned and operated agreed to pay $6.5 million to settle claims they violated the False Claims Act. 

Iowa is the least expensive state in the U.S. to have knee-replacement surgery, according to Sidecar Health's care calculator.

CMS is floating a 3.34 percent conversion factor decrease in its proposed Medicare physician fee schedule, and some ASC leaders are worried about the effect this decrease will have on the industry. 

Healthgrades ranked the top 100 hospitals for orthopedic surgery  in 2023, including 12 hospitals in California.

From financial concerns to joint replacements, two leaders recently joined Becker's to discuss the biggest misconceptions of the ASC industry.

Pakistani physician Muhammad Masood, MD, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. 

Missoula, Mont.-based physician William Stratford Jr., MD, has agreed to pay $85,000 to settle allegations that he distributed ketamine from an unregistered location and failed to maintain records. 

San Diego, Calf.-based physician Tien Tan Vo, MD, has pleaded guilty to using foreign unapproved and misbranded cosmetic drugs.