Here are three issues reported by Becker's that have the potential to positively affect the ASC industry.

Montana is the best state for physicians in regard to opportunity and competition, according to report from personal finance site WalletHub.

Cedar Rapids-based First Choice Surgical Center agreed to pay $125,000 to resolve allegations it violated the Controlled Substances Act, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Iowa said June 4.

Colorado is the best state to start a business, according to an analysis released June 4 by business financing company SMB Compass. West Virginia was rated the worst state.

Burnout among all employees in the U.S. sits at around 45%, with higher rates among female workers and Gen Z and millennial employees, according to a recent report from Eagle Hill Consulting. 

As workforce shortages continue to persist, ASCs could have more luck hiring employees in the 10 states that Americans are most commonly relocating to. 

Nashville-based ASC services leader AMSURG has established a joint venture with Escondido, Calif.-based Palomar Health's Poway Surgery Center. 

An osteopathic physician in Middleburg Heights, Ohio, is being sued by the federal government for allegedly not paying nearly $650,000 in taxes and late fees, cleveland.com reported June 3. 

Data breaches in healthcare have boomed in recent years, as technology advances and becomes more integral to the medical field.

As new ASCs continue to pop up across the country, they are not all able to open without pushback from community members or other health systems in the area. 

Here are three updates on physicians' wrongful termination lawsuits in the last month:

Washington (Pa.) Health System finalized its merger with Pittsburgh-based UPMC one year after the two health systems announced plans to affiliate.

Infectious disease physicians are the least happy of all physician specialists when it comes to compensation rates, according to Medscape's 2024 "Compensation Report," published in May. 

Here are seven gastroenterology-focused ASCs that have opened in the last two months, as reported by Becker's since April 10:

Here are four ASCs in the U.S. that have added robotic technology to their facilities, as reported by Becker's since April 12:

Wisconsin has been named the best state to practice medicine for 2024, according to Medscape's "Best & Worst Places to Practice" report, published May 30. In contrast, West Virginia has been named the worst state in which to practice. 

Here are 10 ASCs across the U.S. that have posted job listings for administrators within the last month:

Charles Hatfield, the former CEO of Williamson (W.Va.) Memorial Hospital, has pleaded guilty to stealing hospital money for personal use. 

Primary care physicians in the West saw a 15.1% increase in pay from 2019 to 2023, according to the Medical Group Management Association's "Provider Compensation and Productivity Data Report."

Michigan urogynecologist Husam Abed, MD, has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for practicing medicine without a license.