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San Francisco hospital expanding outpatient surgery with $7M gift
San Francisco-based Chinese Hospital received $7 million to expand outpatient surgery services and renovate infrastructure at the hospital’s six-story outpatient building, San Francisco Business Journal reported June 1.
What physicians get paid in 5 top-ranked states to practice
Idaho is the best state to practice medicine in 2022, according to Medscape’s rankings released May 20, and they earn an average of $178,301 annually there, according to data from ZipRecruiter.
Private equity looks to gastroenterology in the ‘golden age’ of colonoscopies
Private equity firms are looking to invest in gastroenterology groups as colonoscopy becomes increasingly in demand, Duluth News Tribune reported May 31.
WakeMed’s UnitedHealthcare contract ends, but ASCs are unaffected
After months of negotiations, Raleigh, N.C.-based WakeMed and UnitedHealthcare failed to reach an agreement on a new contract, The News and Observer reported June 1.
Robotic surgery tech: Fewer complications, quicker recovery, decreased opioid prescriptions, Vail Health says
Vail (Colo.) Health’s robotic surgery tool, Da Vinci, has resulted in a decrease in complications, quicker recovery and fewer opioid prescriptions following its December 2021 implementations, reported local news source Summit Daily May 31.
Vaccinated Americans more likely to choose surgery in outpatient setting with vaccinated staff
During a pandemic, such as COVID-19, Americans are more likely to pursue surgery if they are vaccinated, the hospital staff is vaccinated, the surgery is urgent, and the surgery is conducted in an outpatient setting, a study published in Vaccine found….
88% of providers have used temporary physicians in last year: 3 stats
Eighty-eight percent of healthcare facilities used temporary physicians or other temporary providers in the last year, according to AMN Healthcare’s “2022 Survey of Locum Tenens.”
Patients sue Yale after being given saline instead of fentanyl
New Haven, Conn.-based Yale University is being sued by dozens of patients claiming the staff at the health system’s reproductive clinic should have known that instead of giving fentanyl to the patients they were being injected with saline, the New Hav…
Experts disagree over outlook for independent ASCs: What we heard in May
ASC leaders spoke with Becker’s ASC Review on key topics in May, from the outlook for independent ASCs to the financial effects of current payer trends.
19 new ASCs in May
Here are 19 new ASCs that opened or were announced in May:
