Category: ASC News

What to know about SCA Health in 5 numbers

Here are five numbers that offer a snapshot of ASC giant SCA Health: 

10 highest-paying states for physician assistants

Physician assistants earn $140,983 per year in New York — 16 percent more than the national average — according to career website ZipRecruiter.

Who's getting laid off at health systems?

As economic pressures continue to weigh hospitals and health systems down, several have turned to layoffs to reduce costs.

The latest workforce trends to watch

The workforce has cycled through various trends in recent months, and healthcare is no exception. 

Walmart Health moves: 5 updates in 60 days

Here are five updates on Walmart’s healthcare efforts reported by Becker’s since Aug. 9:

Where noncompetes are banned

Amid growing discontent among physicians on noncompete agreements, which prohibit clinicians from joining a competing practice or setting up their own within a particular distance from their previous practice for a certain period of time, many states h…

Pennsylvania medical office building evacuated

A St. Luke’s University Health Network medical office building in Allentown, Pa., was evacuated Saturday morning after downed wires were discovered in a wall, according to a Sept. 23 report from Lehigh Valley Live.

2 health system layoffs in 1 week

Here are two health systems laying off employees that Becker’s has reported on since Sept. 21: 

USPI to add Oracle across 475+ ASCs

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, parent company of United Surgical Partners International, has tapped Oracle’s Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management system to streamline its payroll and human resources processes. 

Missouri physicians, practices pay $650K to settle kickback allegations

Three physicians and their practices have agreed to pay $653,796 to resolve False Claims Act allegations that they received illegal kickbacks in return for referring patients to laboratories in Texas, California and Florida.