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The 'exploitative practice' of noncompetes: 5 key statistics
In its January proposal to ban noncompetes, the Federal Trade Commission calls the policy “a widespread and often exploitative practice that suppresses wages, hampers innovation and blocks entrepreneurs from starting new businesses.”
Why this physician is worried about Medicare Advantage
A growing number of hospitals, health systems and ASCs are dropping Medicare Advantage contracts for prior authorization denials and slow payments, among other reasons.
Colonoscopies cost 55% more at hospitals compared to ASCs: Study
U.S. hospitals’ facility fees for colonoscopy procedures covered by private health insurance are on average about 55% higher than facility fees billed by ASCs, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Heal…
The physician fee schedule: What chronic pain leaders need to know
The 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule contains thousands of pages of rules for physicians to sift through, with only a portion obtaining to every specialty.
Cottage Health, Alta Orthopaedics plan California ASC
Cottage Health and Alta Orthopaedics have joined forces on a new ASC in Santa Barbara, Calif.
The physician specialty named the most stressful job in the country
Urologists were named the most stressful job in the country, according to Mental Health America’s “Mind the Workplace” 2023 report.
3 hotspots for GI development
Texas, Florida and Pennsylvania saw huge growth in the gastroenterology field in 2023.
Medtronic 1st to win FDA approval for irregular heartbeat device
Medtronic’s PulseSelect Pulsed Field Ablation System for the treatment of both paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation has become the first PFA device to earn FDA approval.
The trends changing the ASC landscape in 2023
Here are three trends impacting the ASC landscape that Becker’s covered throughout 2023:
Hammes completes Texas ASC
Healthcare real estate company Hammes has completed a 43,000-square-foot ASC and medical office building in McAllen, Texas.
