Author: Patsy Newitt

The total number of ASCs jumped 2 percent between 2019 and 2020, according to the March Medicare Payment Advisory Commission report.

New York is the state with the highest malpractice award payout per capita, according to WalletHub's "2022 Best & Worst States for Doctors" ranking, released March 21.

The Indiana Supreme Court agreed to allow a patient who was injured during physical therapy to pursue her complaint against an orthopedic physician group, The Indiana Lawyer reported March 25.

A medical office building housing an ASC in Rogers, Ark., was sold for $6.75 million, Talk Business & Politics reported March 27. 

Capital Health is converting a former bariatric ASC in Langhorne, Pa., into a multispecialty surgical hospital, according to a March 26 LevittownNow.com report. 

Robert Finch, MD, a physician who helped found Springfield (Ill.) Clinic's ASC, died from complications related to frontotemporal degeneration March 12 in Austin, Texas, according to an obituary published in The State Journal-Register. 

Wisconsin is the state with the lowest malpractice award payout per capita, according to WalletHub's "2022 Best & Worst States for Doctors" ranking, released March 21.

Redlands Mesa Surgery Center and Colorado Injury and Pain Specialists in Grand Junction, Colo., will soon close their doors, The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reported March 26. 

A Houston physician was convicted March 25 of unlawfully prescribing more than 1 million hydrocodone pills worth about $1.75 million, according to the U.S. Justice Department.    

Massachusetts has the least punitive medical board, according to WalletHub's "2022 Best & Worst States for Doctors" ranking, released March 21.