Category: ASC News

About 18% of new nursing and healthcare positions offer signing bonuses for new employees, according to new research from job search engine Adzuna. 

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente is one of the U.S.’ largest health systems — and it has a major stake in the ASC industry. 
The health system has 39 hospitals and 62 freestanding ambulatory surgery units and outpatient surgery departments…

Retail giant Amazon has expanded its service offerings to include healthcare in recent years, leaving executives and physicians wondering how the company will disrupt the industry moving forward. But how did what was originally an online bookseller bec…

Green Bay, Wis.-based Prevea Health plans to close 19 health facilities and two hospitals in Western Wisconsin on or before April 21. 

Four ASC leaders joined Becker’s to discuss which procedures are migrating to ASCs. 

A man has pleaded guilty to a 2021 stabbing that occurred inside of Mercy Surgery Center-Springfield (Mo.), according to a Jan. 25 report from KY3. 

With nearly 50% of physicians still reporting feelings of burnout in 2024, there are eight key ways that ASCs can help to combat burnout, according to Medscape’s 2024 “Physician Burnout and Depression Report,” published Jan. 24.

The No Surprises Act, which creates cost transparency for patients and protects against balance billing, took effect Jan. 1, 2022. It has shifted care and billing rules for ASCs and hospitals, and has been extremely controversial over the last two year…

A Wall Township, N.J.-based surgery center that was approved in 2021 has been given an extension on its construction time, according to a Jan. 25 report from the Star News Group.

Anesthesiology has the highest number of active physicians out of three ASC specialty fields, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.