Addison, Texas-based United Surgical Partners International, the country’s largest ASC management company, is hiring at least 33 administrators nationally.
Robotic technology is growing among spine surgeons, and fellows are learning to use the technology for more precise outcomes. But if they become too reliant on robotics for spine surgery, the transition to outpatient surgery centers could be problematic.
Nationwide, 29 percent of surgeries are performed by the top two physicians — those with the highest case share — at a given ASC, according to VMG Health’s “Multi-Specialty ASC Benchmarking Study” for 2022.
The University of Vermont Medical Center is redirecting some surgeries to its ASC after a burst pipe resulted in the flooding of most of its operating rooms over the weekend, VTDigger reported April 4.
The average annual salary for registered nurses in the U.S. is $82,750, but the average pay for nurses in several states falls below the mean, according to a March 31 report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Nationwide, a median of 1,152 surgical cases are performed yearly in each ASC operating room, according to VMG Health’s “Multi-Specialty ASC Benchmarking Study” for 2022.