Author: Patsy Newitt

Twenty-one percent of physicians reported being depressed in 2022, according to Medscape's "Physician Suicide Report 2022" published March 4.

A nurse from an outpatient vascular surgery center in Berkley, Mass., has agreed to plead guilty in federal court to tampering with a consumer product, fentanyl intended for a patient, the Justice Department said March 4. 

Here are 10 ASC administrators to know:

Ophthalmology cases offer the highest reimbursements to ASCs, according to VMG Health's "Multi-Specialty ASC Benchmarking Study" for 2022. 

CMS has sent about 342 warning notices to hospitals found noncompliant with price transparency regulations since Jan. 1, 2021, when the rule went into effect. 

Tall adults are more likely than shorter adults to develop colorectal cancer or colon polyps, according a Johns Hopkins Medicine study published March 2 in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.

From Arizona to Georgia, here are 11 ASC sales reported by Becker's ASC Review in the last 30 days:

Orthopedic cases offer the highest reimbursements to ASCs, according to VMG Health's "Multi-Specialty ASC Benchmarking Study" for 2022. 

United Surgical Partners International, including its parent company, Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare; Surgery Partners; and Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare are three of the largest ASC chains in the U.S. 

Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related death in the U.S. in men and women combined.