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$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.
10 employee benefit changes for ASCs, medical groups in 2022
Hourly wages and salaries typically are the most important factors in healthcare employees’ workplace decisions, with many ASCs and medical groups bolstering their compensation packages to attract new staff in a challenging labor market.
How the nursing shortage is affecting ASCs and medical practices
Nurses are among the most difficult staff members for ASCs and medical practices to recruit because of a nationwide shortage attributed to increased demand due to an aging population and burnout reaching new levels during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Physician charged with $11M knee brace fraud
Charlotte, N.C., physician Sudipta Mazumder, MD, was charged with defrauding Medicare and Tricare of more than $11 million in 2019 and 2020, the Justice Department said June 23.
