Patsy Newitt

Shashi Ahuja, MD, must pay $2.6 million in damages for a botched procedure that left a Fort Wayne, Ind., woman with a disfigured and unusable right leg, wane.com reported May 26. 

Here are 11 ASCs opened or announced that Becker's reported on in May:

Although the ASC industry is slowly consolidating, the industry as a whole has remained independent amid increasing healthcare consolidation. 

Five healthcare leaders recently joined Becker's to discuss how physicians can leverage their power in the industry.

Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International is the largest ASC chain in the country. 

Most anesthesiologists do not intend to drop lower-paying insurers, according to Medscape's "Anesthesiologist Compensation Report" for 2023.

Private equity is increasingly investing in cardiology as more procedures move to the outpatient setting.   

James Ellner, MD, and his practice and ASC will pay $625,000 to resolve whistleblower allegations that they violated the False Claims Act. 

Anesthesiologists were the ninth-highest-paid physician specialty this year, according to Medscape's 2023 "Physician Compensation Report" published April 14, which surveyed more than 10,000 physicians across 29 specialties.

Six healthcare leaders recently joined Becker's to discuss the biggest disruptors concerning physicians.