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Chili cook-offs & scavenger hunts: How a Michigan ASC is integrating old & new staff
Administrator Debra Fin has a creative approach to integrating staff in 2022.
Johns Hopkins to renovate, expand pediatric hospital, surgery center
Baltimore, Md.-based Johns Hopkins Hospital is renovating its children’s medical and surgical center and building a 12-story addition.
Feds seek public input in fighting anticompetitive mergers
The Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department are seeking the public’s help as they scrutinize anticompetitive behavior as part of a larger effort to review and refine merger guidelines.
ASCs compete with Walmart, Target and others for staff as minimum wage jumps
Surgery centers, hospitals and medical groups are used to competing with each other for nursing staff. Now, Walmart, Target, Amazon and other retailers are vying for the same personnel and willing to pay high wages.
ASC disputes payer’s conclusion that spine cases should have been in the hospital
The Center for Pain Management remains out of network with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota after the payer terminated its contract over safety concerns in October.
Optum revenue hits $155.6B in 2021
Optum Health, which includes ASC chain Surgical Care Affiliates, reported revenue of $155.6 billion in 2021, according to parent company UnitedHealth Group’s 2021 results released Jan. 19.
Surgeon discusses benefits, obstacles of establishing joint replacements at Pennsylvania ASC
Huntingdon Valley (Pa.) Surgery Center performed its first knee joint replacement surgery in December.
Providence Anesthesiology Associates performed 1K+ same-day total joints at ASCs in 2021
Providence Anesthesiology Associates completed 1,135 same-day total joint replacements at freestanding ASCs in 2021.
Stark Law: What ASCs need to know this year
From laws governing physician self-referral to group practice structure, here are six Stark Law updates from 2021 that ASCs should know.
19 insights on gastroenterology and ASCs
Here are 19 insights on gastroenterologist debt, net worth, compensation and procedure costs:
