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Medicare payments to ASCs surge nearly $2B since 2018
Medicare payments to ASCs jumped nearly $2 billion between 2018 and 2023, according to a March 13 MedPAC report to Congress. Here’s a chart illustrating the growth in Medicare fee-for-service payments to ASCs from 2018 to 2023: Year Medicare payments to ASCs 2018 $4.9 billion 2019 $5.2 billion 2020 $5.6 billion 2021 $6 billion 2022 […]
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The highest-paid physician specialties per hour
Radiologists lead as the highest-paid physicians per hour, according to a recent survey by the American Medical Association. Here are the physician specialties with the highest hourly compensation: Specialty Average hourly pay Radiology $281.27 Otolaryngology $255.50 Gastroenterology $249.66 Cardiology $240.54 Orthopaedic surgery $238.49 Office-based proceduralist $236.18 Hospital-based surgery $234.96 Dermatology $231.37 Hematology/oncology $216.87 Vascular surgery […]
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5 states with the highest employment growth
California is the state with the highest employment growth, according to a Nov. 30 report from WalletHub.
10 best states to find a job
Washington is the best state to find a job, according to a Nov. 30 report from WalletHub.
UnitedHealthcare to pay TeamHealth $10.8M for alleged underpayments: What ASCs need to know
An arbitration panel in Florida has ruled that UnitedHealthcare must pay a TeamHealth clinician group $10.8 million for alleged underpayments from 2017 to 2020.
19 things to know about USPI going into 2023
Here are 19 things to know about Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International, the industry’s largest ASC chain, going into 2023:
Biggest ASC deals in November
Here are the biggest ASC deals in November:
'I'm not sure if the healthcare landscape has ever seen a storm like this one,' surgeon says
Spine surgeon Philip Louie, MD, medical director of research and academics at Seattle-based Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, joined Becker’s to discuss what he wishes his coworkers knew about his job.
4 ASC, practice closures in 2022
Here are four ASC and practice closures Becker’s has covered this year:
Physician's license suspended in 2 states after allegedly using drugs on duty
The Iowa Board of Medicine has suspended the license of emergency room physician Maman Ali, MD, who allegedly was under the influence of narcotics while treating patients, Iowa Capital Dispatch reported Nov. 30.
