Patsy Newitt

Five lawsuits have been filed against healthcare giant UnitedHealth Group and its health insurance arm UnitedHealthcare in the last month — including from three ASCs. 

Rhode Island is the top-paying state for physician assistants, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' occupational employment statistics survey released March 31.

Here are 14 new ASCs Becker's has reported on since Aug. 1:

Physician assistants who work in scientific research and development services are the highest paid, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' occupational employment statistics survey released March 31.

Physicians are expecting to see a 4.42 percent pay cut in January with the proposed 2023 Medicare physician payment schedule, and paired with rising operating costs and inflation, this could further destabilize Medicare, according to a Sept. 8 article from…

Matthew Steven Miller, DO,  was sentenced to a year in prison for illegally prescribing Xanax, the U.S. Justice Department said Sept. 7.

Dallas police are investigating the death of an anesthesiologist who worked at an ASC where a potentially compromised IV bag was found, The Dallas Morning News reported Sept. 7. 

The ASC industry was shaped by a series of "mega-mergers" made between 2015 and 2018, according to VMG Health's "Annual Healthcare M&A Report 2022." 

Ravi Chandra, MD, a vascular surgeon and political appointee of the Florida Board of Medicine, allegedly failed to ensure his Ocala-based office complied with a state anesthesia regulation, Tampa Bay Times reported Sept. 7. 

Outpatient care centers are the top paying site of service for certified nurse anesthetists, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' occupational employment statistics survey released March 31.