A California medical center has been shuttered and its owner charged with an $11 million fraud scheme, the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office said in a March 17 news release. Kim Huynh, 51, owner and operator of San Diego-based…
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Orthopedic surgery continues its rapid migration to the outpatient setting, with new ASCs opening across the country to meet growing demand for lower-cost, high-efficiency care. From physician-led ventures to health system partnerships, these facilities are designed to expand access, support…
The era of siloed physician staffing is ending. Yet many health systems still manage locums and permanent recruitment separately, creating higher labor costs, longer vacancy windows and fragmented visibility across service lines. Leading organizations are rethinking this approach. In this…
Apr 30, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM America/Chicago
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Teague Morton
Vice President, Permanent Placement, AMN Healthcare
Janet Pilchard
Executive Director Provider Recruitment, Wellstar Health System
Christopher Sizemore, MBA, FACHE, FACMPE
Regional Vice President of Operations, Baptist Health System KY & IN
A Wheeling, W.Va., physician was sentenced to 41 months in prison for tax fraud totaling nearly $2.5 million and attempting to obstruct a federal investigation, the Justice Department said in a March 17 news release. Nitesh Ratnakar, MD, who owned…
Strategic Radiology has added Baton Rouge-based Radiology Associates, its 50th member practice, with the coalition now representing over 2,400 radiologists, Radiology Business reported March 16. Radiology Associates brings 62 additional physicians to the coalition. Founded more than 70 years ago,…
Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth’s plan to replace emergency services contracts at three Oregon locations has resulted in a slew of controversy between clinicians, hospital executives and legislators in recent weeks. Lawmakers have begun to scrutinize the arrangement between peaceHealth and Lane…
The last 10 years has seen significant growth in the ASC space as new waves of surgical innovation, patient preferences and the shift to value-based care has supported a migration of procedures out of hospitals and into outpatient facilities—but ASCs…
Borland Groover will break ground on Emerald Coast Endoscopy Center, a new outpatient clinic and ASC in Santa Rosa Beach, Fla., according to a March 17 news release shared with Becker’s. The Jacksonville, Fla.-based gastroenterology practice will break ground March…
ASC leaders far and wide agree payers have the upper hand in reimbursement negotiations, but each has their own take on which particular set of tactics is doing the worst damage to the economics of outpatient surgery. From rates that…
Stark law, originally enacted in 1989 to curb physician self-referrals, but decades later, many physicians argue the law has calcified into a rigid framework outdated to the way modern healthcare actually works. Designed to protect patients from conflicts of interest,…