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Lowest-paying states for nurses: 5 notes
South Dakota is the lowest-paying state for registered nurses, according to the 2022 MGMA Management and Staff Compensation report.
4 ASC closures in 11 months
Below are four ASC closures Becker’s has reported on since last July:
HCA Florida Lawnwood opens $100M tower with outpatient surgery
Fort Pierce, Fla.-based Lawnwood Regional Medical Center, owned by Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, opened a $100 million, four-story tower expansion on June 23.
$5M Florida project with ASC to create 30 $55K jobs
A new $5 million medical center with an ASC is coming to Kissimmee, Fla., the Osceola News-Gazette reported June 25.
Sky Ridge Medical Center opens Colorado’s 1st robotic surgery center
Lone Tree, Colo.-based Sky Ridge Medical Center is opening the state’s first fully robotics-dedicated surgery center.
Dr. Simon Lee performs foot surgery on MLS player at Rush Oak Brook ASC
Simon Lee, MD, performed foot surgery on Chicago Fire MLS player Wyatt Omsberg at Chicago-based Rush Oak Brook Surgery Center, the team said June 24.
Fast facts about One GI
Here is a brief overview of gastroenterology megagroup One GI:
Private equity’s place in gastroenterology: 3 physicians’ viewpoints
The amount of private equity gastrointestinal groups grew to 68 percent last year and is projected to expand throughout 2022, according to a report jointly published by consulting firm Fraser Healthcare and pharma research firm Spherix Global Insights.
ASC employee compensation packages are changing: 7 insights
Nurses and medical assistants are among the most difficult positions to recruit in today’s challenging healthcare labor market, which has pushed many ASCs and medical practices to increase wages and strengthen compensation packages and benefits to addr…
Compass Surgical Partners, Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital partner to build new ASC
Raleigh, N.C.-based Compass Surgical Partners joined with Greenville, S.C.-based Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital and local physicians to build an ASC.
