Troy, Ohio-based Upper Valley Medical Center will discontinue its labor and delivery unit Feb. 29 because of physician recruitment issues and a declining birth rate, CBS affiliate WHIO reported Jan. 9.
Category: ASC News
The 10 best states for physical, mental health
Hawaii has been named the top state for both physical and mental health in 2024, according to data compiled from the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute in Madison.
Florida ASCs may be required to go surgical smoke-free by 2025
Florida’s House Select Committee on Health Innovation has unanimously passed a House bill that would require Florida hospitals and ASCs to go surgical smoke-free by Jan. 1, 2025, according to a Jan. 16 report from Florida Politics.
Court rules in favor of ASC in $5M malpractice suit
A court has ruled in favor of an ASC, a certified registered nurse anesthetist and an anesthesiologist who were sued by a patient who had a complication with a sleep apnea procedure that put her in a medically induced coma for nearly two weeks, Virgini…
Lifespan taps executive VP of ambulatory care
Providence, R.I.-based Lifespan Health System named Cindy Peterson as executive vice president of ambulatory care.
Physician, health system to pay $430K to settle fraud allegations
Ashland, Ore.-based Asante Health System and one of its physicians have agreed to pay $430,000 to settle allegations that they knowingly submitted false claims for cardiothoracic surgeries to federal health programs.
14 states with the lowest resignation rates
Massachusetts has the lowest quit rate among employees compared to any other state, with a quit rate of 1.38% a month as a percentage of total employment, according to research from HR tech company SelectSoftware Reviews based on 2023 data from the Bur…
Where small businesses are expected to grow the slowest in 2024
Mississippi has the least amount of people looking to start a small business in 2024, according to a Jan. 16 report from business information site The Small Business Blog.
5 states with the highest, lowest labor costs
Mississippi is the state with the lowest labor costs, while Maryland is the state with the highest, according to personal finance site WalletHub.
20% of physicians take less than 1 week of vacation a year
About 20% of physicians took less than one week of vacation in the last year, according to a Jan. 15 report from Medscape based on a study published in JAMA Network Open.
