Author: Patsy Newitt

OrthoArizona has cut the ribbon on its Pima Center in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Envision Healthcare has 720 operating rooms, the most of any ASC corporation surveyed by data company Definitive Healthcare, and reports more than $266 million in Medicare charges.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners added 24 percent more physicians in the fourth quarter compared to the same quarter in 2020.

Here are seven supply chain updates from the last two weeks:

There has been a shift away from quality and relative value unit-based bonuses for physicians, according to Physicians Thrive's 2022 "Physician Compensation Report." 

On average, the top two physicians at an ASC shoulder 33 percent of the facility's cases, according to VMG Health's "Multi-Specialty ASC Benchmarking Study" for 2022.

Becker's ASC Review has reported on 32 new ASCs since Feb. 1:

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners' adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization jumped 32.3 percent in 2021 over the prior year period, to $339.6 million.

Three kickback suits involving physicians have been settled in the last month, according to the Justice Department, totaling more than $300 million.  

Founded in April 2020, Nashville, Tenn.-based One GI has had a massive year for acquisitions, with 11 deals in the last 15 months.