Category: ASC News

2023 has remained a tumultuous year for the U.S. job market, with employment rates rising and falling and new workforce trends, including “bare minimum Mondays” and “quiet firing,” dominating the headlines. 

Between layoffs, acquisitions, leadership changes and other moves, Cigna, the fourth-largest insurer in the U.S. by membership, has had an eventful year. 

Physician salaries have been on the rise across the board in 2023, with five specialists taking the top slots as the “highest earners” of the year, according to data from Medscape’s 2023 compensation reports. 

Nurse specialists experienced lower rates of career satisfaction as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Medscape’s 2023 “Nurse Career Satisfaction Report,” published Dec. 12, with registered nurses and nursing managers experiencing the high…

Around 72% of nurses have faced verbal abuse from patients in the last year, according to Medscape’s 2023 “Nurse Career Satisfaction Report,” published Dec. 12. 

New York is the most productive state in the nation, with $120.67 of value added for every hour worked, according to new research from business company Upflip based on the newest labor productivity data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

ASC operator AmSurg has announced the addition of two new executive leadership team members: Susan Byrd and Keith Hennegan. 

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health is making its third round of layoffs in 2023, this time outsourcing some of its IT operations to a company based in India, according to a Dec. 11 report from the Triad Business Journal. 

While ASCs are preparing themselves for growth headed into 2024, many systems are still struggling to obtain top-of-the-line healthcare workers. 

Medicare physician payment has effectively declined 26% since 2001 — and that is before inflation and the finalized pay cut for 2024 are factored in, according to the American Medical Association.