Category: ASC News

Rent prices at medical office buildings in the Phoenix market are on the rise, increasing by 7.5 percent year over year according to a May 15 report from the Phoenix Business Journal based on data from real estate services company JLL. 

Although the mean annual wage among all physicians is $251,990, that can vary based on factors including experience, practice setting and more, according to the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational employment statistics survey.

When Becker’s asked six top physician leaders what is losing them money right now, the answer was clear — prior authorizations. 

Here are 21 UnitedHealth stories Becker’s has covered about UnitedHealth Group, parent company of Optum Health and ASC management company SCA Health, from the last 60 days:

Four New Jersey ASCs have filed a lawsuit against a Service Employees International Union benefit fund alleging underpayment for nearly two dozen procedures performed on fund participants, according to a May 11 report from Law360.

Twenty-five U.S. cities have been named the top places to retire in 2023 by Forbes, with factors including housing cost, taxes, healthcare, crime and natural risk hazard taken into account. 

Twenty-seven percent of physicians would not choose to practice medicine again, according to Physicians Thrive’s “2023 Physician Compensation Report.” 

Gastroenterologists are the most-recruited physicians, according to Physicians Thrive’s “2023 Physician Compensation Report.”

If given the chance to change careers, 73 percent of physicians would choose to work in medicine again, according to Physicians Thrive’s “2023 Physician Compensation Report.” 

The physician shortage is the worst in the Midwest and Southern regions of the U.S. according to Physicians Thrive’s “2023 Physician Compensation Report.”