Category: ASC News

7 states the young workforce is moving to

Young, highly paid professionals are migrating away from states including California and New York, with the largest number of millennial workers flocking to Texas in 2022, according to an Oct. 7 study from CNBC. 

Physician signing bonuses over the last 5 years

Merritt Hawkins and AMN Healthcare laid out how signing bonuses for physicians have shifted over the last five years in their report, “Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives.”

The smartest move 3 ASC leaders made in 2022

Building and relocating to a new surgery center, increasing investment in nurses, adding an EHR platform and outsourcing billing are among the smartest moves these three ASC leaders made in the last year.

12 healthcare leaders among Forbes’ 50 Over 50 list

Twelve healthcare leaders were named on Forbes’ 2022 50 Over 50 list, a ranking honoring 200 women across four sectors who have achieved major career successes after turning 50. 

3 healthcare companies named on Forbes’ biggest layoffs of 2022 list

Three healthcare companies have been named on Forbes’ list of the 64 biggest company layoffs in 2022: 

4 ASC acquisitions, partnerships

Here are three acquisitions and partnerships involving ASCs that Becker’s has reported on since Sept. 12:

Most-recruited physician specialties for the last 5 years

Family medicine is the most-recruited physician specialty in 2022, according to Merritt Hawkins and AMN Healthcare’s “Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives.”

 6 physician fraud cases in September

Here are six physician healthcare fraud cases since Sept. 1: 

Cost of COVID-19 screening in 21 states in September

COVID-19 screenings were the most expensive in Maine in September, according to an Oct. 4 U.S. Health Care Price Index report from healthcare marketplace Sesame. 

Google takes another step into the ASC, hospital space with medical imaging suite

Google has released its Medical Imaging Suite, an AI tool allowing medical organizations to read, store and label medical imaging, Forbes reported on Oct. 4.