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Buy-in agreements determine a physician's compensation, ownership stake, management responsibilities and more. Here's what physicians should know, according to a May 4 Medical Economics article.

The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association presented the 2022 Nap Gary Legacy Award for lifetime achievement in the ASC community to two physicians at the ASCA 2022 Conference & Expo in Dallas.

Surgery Center of Viera in Melbourne, Fla., on May 2 filed a lawsuit against UnitedHealthcare for alleged repricing and underpayment of a spine surgery performed in 2019.

Here are seven supply chain updates from the last week:

Michael Banks, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Middleburg Heights, Ohio-based Southwest General Health Center, is facing disciplinary charges over alleged sexual misconduct with a teenager, WKYC reported April 15.

Just 11 percent of orthopedic specialists are women, according to Medscape's "Physician Compensation Report 2022."

White physicians make $33,000 more than their Black counterparts, according to Medscape's "Physician Compensation Report 2022."

Arizona Pain recently launched an office-based procedure suite in Phoenix that the company's CEO and founder called a lower-cost alternative to ASCs in an April 6 LinkedIn post. 

ASCs in the Northeast have the highest median staffing hours per case compared to other regions, according to VMG Health's "Multi-Specialty ASC Benchmarking Study" for 2022.

Southern and Atlantic ASCs are tied for the regions with the highest median full-time equivalent administrative staff, according to VMG Health's "Multi-Specialty ASC Benchmarking Study" for 2022.