Here are five hospitals and health systems who have close physician practices in 2024:

Leaders are concerned about the effect of consolidation as physicians continue to flock to employed models. 

ASCs are increasingly frustrated by the payment disparity between ASCs and hospitals, and many feel that without legislative change, surgery centers will falter. 

The pay gap between private practice and employed physicians has hit an all-time low, according to Medical Economics' 2024 Physician Report published Aug. 14. 

Concierge practice physicians are the highest-paid physicians by practice type, according to Medical Economics' 2024 Physician Report published Aug. 14. 

Here is what to know about five state ASC organizations, including their leadership and the number of ASCs in each state:

Physician owners outearned their counterparts in 2023, but the gap between the two shrunk compared to the previous year, according to Medical Economics' 2024 "Physician Report," published Aug. 14. 

More physicians reported the financial state of their practices worsening in 2023 than 2022, according to Medical Economics' 2024 Physician Report published Aug. 14. 

Here are 10 numbers scaring ASCs right now:

Thirty six-percent of physicians earned income from an employment source outside their practice in 2023, up from 34% the year prior, according to Medical Economics' 2024 Physician Report published Aug. 14. 

ASC nurse leaders are seeing six-figure compensation as competition for talent stays hot in many markets, according to OR Manager.

Houston-based National Interventional Radiology Partners and its physician CEO Andrew Gomes, MD, have agreed to pay $8.8 million to resolve allegations they illegally paid physicians kickbacks for clinic and ASC referrals. 

ASC leaders' level of responsibility is increasing, according to a survey from OR Manager. 

No surveyed ASC leaders in the Northeast make less than $100,000, according to a survey from OR Manager. 

Compass Surgical Partners named Sarah Jacobs as chief legal officer, the Raleigh, N.C.-based ASC company said Aug. 21.

Here are five ASCs affiliated with Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare from across the U.S. that have posted job listings for administrator roles within the past month:

A physician is being sued for allegedly stealing trade secrets, including patient information, after leaving a Milford, Conn.-based practice.

As the pay disparity between hospital outpatient departments and ASCs continues to grow, some leaders are concerned about how the chasm is driving patients to hospitals. 

Optum has shuttered several clinics and terminated its telehealth business in 2024. 

ASCs are facing an increasing disparity between practice costs and reimbursements.