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The states expected to see a boom in small businesses in 2024
Utah has the most entrepreneurs looking to start small businesses in 2024, according to a Jan. 2 report from business information site The Small Business Blog.
University of Miami assistant dean, GI specialist dies at 89
Arvey Rogers, MD, professor emeritus in the department of medicine, assistant dean of continuing medical education and digestive diseases expert at the University of Miami, died on Dec. 22 at the age of 89.
Kelsey-Seybold to add ASC in 125K-square-foot expansion project
Kelsey-Seybold broke ground on a 125,000-square-foot medical facility with a planned ASC adjacent to its Katy, Texas, facility, according to a Dec. 29 report from Covering Katy News.
US healthcare billionaire net worth surpasses $113B in 2024
At the stroke of midnight on Jan. 1, Forbes updated its annual list of the richest people in the world, which includes 34 U.S. healthcare billionaires in 2024.
A 2024 Stark law compensation update physicians need to know
ASCs, physician groups and hospitals can provide non-monetary compensation to physicians up to an amount of $507 for the calendar year 2024, according to a Dec. 27 Lexology report.
22 states raised minimum wage on January 1
Nearly 10 million workers received a raise after minimum wage increases went into effect for 22 states on Jan. 1, according to a recent analysis from the Economic Policy Institute.
Physician acquitted of $15M Medicare fraud conviction
The conviction of a Maryland physician for his role in a $15 million Medicare fraud scheme was vacated by a federal judge, according to a post by law firm Husch Blackwell on JD Supra.
US Digestive Health, United Digestive and more: 7 updates in Q4
Here are seven moves from four major gastroenterology groups that Becker’s has reported in the fourth quarter of 2023:
Workers 65 and older are the workforce's fastest growing demographic
About 1 one in five workers aged 65 and older were employed in 2023, according to a December survey from the Pew Research Center.
The moves that changed cardiology in 2023
From prior authorization updates to new acquisitions, here are 10 moves that significantly affected the cardiology space in 2023.
