United Surgical Partners International, Surgery Partners and SCA Health are three of the biggest ASC chains, and are looking to different avenues for growth in the coming years.
Author: Patsy Newitt
Hawaii's Lt. Gov. and physician Josh Green, MD, has won the Democratic primary for governor, the Tribune-Star reported Aug. 14.
Florida Health Department inspectors found that physicians performing surgeries at the plastic surgery center Miami Surgical Center don't have state-required hospital backups to save a patient's life if procedures go wrong, the Miami Herald reported Aug. 15.
A pain management physician was convicted Aug. 12 of unlawfully distributing opioids from his Martins Ferry, Ohio-based clinic, the U.S. Justice Department said Aug. 15.
Stockton, Calif.-based physician Azizulah Kamali, MD, has agreed to pay $1.9 million to resolve allegations that he submitted false claims for surgically implanted neurostimulators and paid kickbacks to sales marketers, the U.S. Justice Department said Aug. 12.
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As the demand for anesthesia providers grows, there is a rising concern for the ability to maintain patient safety, according to a June blog post by Tony Mira, Anesthesia Business Consultants' president and CEO.
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic-spurred economic downturn, many ASCS are looking to the 2008 recession as a blueprint for rebounding and growing.
Optum, parent company of ASC company SCA Health, is having a huge year in acquisitions, spending almost $8 billion.
A jury found that an Abingdon, Md.-based pain physician was not liable in the death of a patient who was injected with a contaminated steroid during a procedure at an ASC, The Daily Record reported Aug. 10.
Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente reported a net loss of $1.3 billion for the second quarter of this year.