Sixteen Surgery Partners’ ASCs made Newsweek’s “America’s Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers,” which ranks 510 of the more than 5,000 Medicare-certified ASCs in the country.
Category: ASC News
Physician pay is increasing in these specialties
Physician pay is increasing in eight specialties, according to Merritt Hawkins and AMN Healthcare’s 2022 “Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives.”
5 Mass General Brigham updates ASC leaders need to know
From a new ASC in New Hampshire to a controversial expansion, here are five updates about Boston-based Mass General Brigham Becker’s has reported on this year.
4 leadership qualities that can reduce staff burnout
Changing the environment that physicians and medical staff work in can have a major impact on reducing burnout, according to an Oct. 14 report from the American Medical Association.
What happens when the COVID-19 PHE ends: 6 things ASC leaders should know
On Oct. 13, the Biden administration extended the U.S.’ COVID-19 public health emergency for another 90 days; it has been in effect since January 2020, according to ABC News.
Average RN pay in the 10 states with the best, worst unemployment stats
Minnesota had the biggest decrease in its state unemployment rate in September, according to data from personal finance website WalletHub, while having a midlevel pay rate of $40.40 an hour for registered nurses.
Texas pain specialist gets 3 years probation, $1.5M restitution for kickbacks
A Texas physician was sentenced to three years of probation and up to $1.5 million in restitution for accepting illegal kickbacks from a compounding pharmacy, the Justice Department said Oct. 19.
‘All of society has suffered financially’: How ASCs are navigating physician pay changes
As inflation and the cost of running a practice rises, CMS’s Medicare physician fee schedule proposed rule for 2023 suggests further cuts to physician pay.
Nurse compensation by practice setting
Registered nurses earn the highest annual salary when working for the government, according to the most recent compensation data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Ohio physician blocked from federal healthcare programs for 15 years
Batavia, Ohio physician Mangesh Kanvinde, MD, paid $720,000 and agreed to be blocked from federal healthcare programs for 15 years over his role in a false claims scheme, the Justice Department said Oct. 20.
