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'Layoffs beget layoffs': Why 2024 could be the year of cut costs
Less than two months into 2024, major corporations have already cut thousands of jobs nationwide in an effort to drive down costs, according to a Feb. 18 report from CNBC.
ASCs' labor cost predicamentÂ
High labor costs paired with worker shortages have been affecting ASCs’ ability to staff their centers.
The states that do, do not have CON laws for ASCs
Certificate-of-need laws, which require healthcare providers and systems to get special permission from the state government before expanding or building a new facility, are often controversial among healthcare leaders.
Healthcare billionaires fall short when it comes to giving back
Forbes has named the 25 most philanthropic billionaires of 2024, with the year’s 34 healthcare billionaires notably missing from the list.
The 10 states with the fewest physician groups
Hill Physicians Medical Group is the largest active physician group in the country, with 2,258 locations, according to a Jan. 5 report from healthcare analytics company Definitive Healthcare.
Physician convicted in $2.8M Medicare scheme
A California physician was convicted for his role in a scheme that defrauded Medicare of more than $2.8 million.
Anesthesia shortage threatening provider revenue
Surgical services make up around 60% of a facility’s revenue, according to a 2023 white paper from Medicus Healthcare Solutions, making access to a dwindling number of anesthesia providers nationwide even more precarious.
Number of active PAs by state
There are 126,634 active physician assistants in the country, according to January data from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
GI cancer rates up 9% in patients younger than 50: 9 things to know
Cancer diagnoses in patients younger than 50 have seen a major jump in the last 20 years, and colon cancer is no exception.
OhioHealth opens $14.4M medical office building
Columbus-based OhioHealth has opened a two-story, 20,000-square-foot medical office building in Jerome, Ohio, to serve the communities of Dublin, Marysville and Plain City.
