Category: ASC News

Intermountain's ASC strategy: 4 moves to know

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health has its sights set on the ASC market.

ASCs' financial fundamentals

Grappling with the financial aspects of ASC management is not to be taken lightly — however, there are a few essential approaches that should be part of any financial management strategy.

Surgeon pay in the cities with the best healthcare

Overland Park, Kan., was found to be the city with the best overall healthcare services according to personal finance website WalletHub, and mid-career surgeons in the area earn an average annual salary of $360,649.

Surgeon pay in the cities with the worst healthcare

Columbus, Ga., was found to be the city with the worst overall healthcare services according to personal finance website WalletHub, and mid-career surgeons in the area earn an average annual salary of $371,418.

Arkansas woman arrested for working as a nurse without legitimate license

Arkansas woman Alicia Flanagan, 55, has been arrested for allegedly impersonating another individual to get healthcare jobs despite not having a license or degree, according to an April 25 report from CBS affiliate News 5.

'Quiet quitting' gives way to 'resenteeism' among Gen Z workers

In 2022, the “quiet quitting” trend swept companies as Gen Z employees began lightening their workloads in an attempt to back away from work commitments. 

ASC companies' growth boom

Some of the ASC industry’s biggest players — AmSurg, HCA Healthcare, SCA Health, Surgery Partners and United Surgical Partners International — have seen explosive growth in the last year.

5 recent ASC firsts

Here are five new milestones achieved by ASCs since April 2:

Highest-paying industries for NPs

Nurse practitioners earn the highest annual wage in the business support services industry, according to updated data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Physician assistant pay continues to rise 

Physician assistant base pay jumped 5.8% from 2022 to 2023, according to the “2024 American Academy of Physician Associates Digital Salary Report,” which surveyed 12,207 PAs.