Patsy Newitt

Mask manufacturers are urging President Joe Biden to boost personal protective equipment manufacturing. 

Plastic surgery had the biggest growth in physician pay in the past year. 

The Vascular Institute of the Rockies has opened Colorado's cardiovascular ASC in Denver, according to a May 17 release. 

A recent survey found that physicians in their final year of training are less likely to receive job offers, likely due to the pandemic. 

Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International, an affiliate of Tenet Healthcare, has named two executives and renewed its group purchasing contract in the past month. 

Urogynecologist and cosmetic surgeon Oscar Aguirre, MD, is opening a women's health ASC in Parker, Colo. 

Some ASCs are still experiencing low case volumes more than a year after the onset of the pandemic.

Cardiology procedures are increasingly migrating to ASCs, and Becker's ASC Review has reported on four cardiology ASCs opened in 2021. 

More than half of self-employed gastroenterologists reported a permanent decline in patient volume, according to Medscape's 2021 Gastroenterologist Compensation Report. 

Self-employed gastroenterologists made $3,000 more annually than employed gastroenterologists, according to 2021 Medscape's Gastroenterologist Compensation Report.