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12 ASC MANAGEMENT Bon Secours to pay $2.23M in malpractice verdict following patient death By Claire Wallace A Virginia jury has awarded a $2.23 million malpractice verdict against Mechanicsville, Va.-based Bon Secours Surgical Specialists, Bon Secours DePaul Hospital in Norfolk, Va., and a former Bon Secours surgeon for medical negligence leading to the death of a patient in 2018. Patient Robyn Stead, 58, died from multiple organ failure due to septic shock aer a procedure at DePaul Hospital. Ms. Stead, a former nurse at DePaul Hospital, was seen by a surgeon from Surgical Specialists aer developing abdominal pain. e surgeon recommended a colon resection surgery to remove part of her colon. Her initial surgery was described as uneventful, but four days later Ms. Stead's blood test revealed a spike in white blood cells, indicating she was fighting a new infection. Five days aer the procedure, her levels reached nine times the normal range. Surgeons did not initiate an antibiotic order or order an abdominal CT scan, according to an April 10 press release from the law firm representing Ms. Stead's family. A CT scan would have shown that Ms. Stead's intestinal area had a leak that spread to the abdominal cavity and right thigh, the news release said. Surgeons allegedly took more than 40 hours to identify sepsis, and four days aer enduring several post-operative surgeries, she died due to the effects of fast-spreading septic shock. Prior to the trial, the surgeon admitted that the intestinal leak caused the sepsis, but she and her colleague denied negligent responsibility and denied a delay in medical care. Aer five days of testimony and five hours of deliberation, the jury found that two treating physicians from Bon Secours Surgical Specialists breached the standard of medical care. n 9 physician billionaires on Forbes' 2022 list By Laura Dyrda Nine U.S. physicians appeared on Forbes' 36th annual list of the world's richest people. The list featured 33 U.S.-based billionaire entrepreneurs, heirs, inventors and leaders in healthcare, and 2,668 billionaires all together. Below is the list of U.S. physician billionaires and their 2022 net worth. 1. Thomas Frist Jr., MD. Co-founder of HCA Healthcare (Nashville, Tenn.): $21.8 billion 2. Patrick Soon-Shiong, MD. Founder of NantWorks: $7.3 billion 3. Phillip Frost, MD. CEO and Chair of Opko Health: $2.2 billion 4. Gary Michelson, MD. Retired spine surgeon inventor: $1.8 billion 5. Keith Dunleavy, MD, and family. Founder and CEO of Inovalon: $1.7 billion 6. James Leininger, MD. Founder of Kinetic Concepts: $1.7 billion 7. George Yancopoulos, MD, PhD. Co-founder, president and chief scientific officer of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals: $1.4 billion 8. August Troendle, MD. President and CEO of Medpace: $1.3 billion 9. Leonard Schleifer, MD, PhD. Co-founder and CEO of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals: $1.2 billion n 'What is the best ASC in the US?': Here's what ChatGPT had to say By Claire Wallace C hatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot created by research laboratory OpenAI, is now being used nationwide for a variety of functions, from aiding physicians to answering user's questions. On April 11, Becker's posed the question, "What is the best ASC in the United States?" to the online chat robot. While it did not name a top ASC, it suggested several based on other online rankings. Here is what it had to say: "As an AI language model, I cannot have personal preferences. However, there isn't a definitive answer to this question since there are many highly-rated ambulatory surgery centers in the United States. Some of the top- ranked centers include: Mayo Clinic Ambulatory Surgery Center-Rochester, Minn. NYU Langone Ambulatory Care West Side-New York City Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Josie Robertson Surgery Center-New York City Duke Ambulatory Surgery Center-Durham, N.C. Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Ambulatory Surgery Center-Boston It is recommended to research and carefully consider your needs before choosing an ambulatory surgery center that is best for you." n