New York City-based NYU Langone Health added four practices to its network to increase access to outpatient primary and specialty care.
Category: ASC News
Feds target no-poach agreements: 5 things for ASCs to know
Staffing shortages amid the COVID-19 pandemic have led to an increase in “no-poach” agreements to restrict employee mobility, according to a June 22 article in JDSupra.
Where physicians lost money in 2021, per Medscape
The share of physicians reporting no significant financial losses was as large as it’s been in several years, according to Medscape’s “Physician Wealth & Debt Report 2022,” but many still reported practice issues causing financial losses.
Lowest-paying states for nurses: 5 notes
South Dakota is the lowest-paying state for registered nurses, according to the 2022 MGMA Management and Staff Compensation report.
4 ASC closures in 11 months
Below are four ASC closures Becker’s has reported on since last July:
Sky Ridge Medical Center opens Colorado’s 1st robotic surgery center
Lone Tree, Colo.-based Sky Ridge Medical Center is opening the state’s first fully robotics-dedicated surgery center.
Dr. Simon Lee performs foot surgery on MLS player at Rush Oak Brook ASC
Simon Lee, MD, performed foot surgery on Chicago Fire MLS player Wyatt Omsberg at Chicago-based Rush Oak Brook Surgery Center, the team said June 24.
ASC employee compensation packages are changing: 7 insights
Nurses and medical assistants are among the most difficult positions to recruit in today’s challenging healthcare labor market, which has pushed many ASCs and medical practices to increase wages and strengthen compensation packages and benefits to addr…
10 employee benefit changes for ASCs, medical groups in 2022
Hourly wages and salaries typically are the most important factors in healthcare employees’ workplace decisions, with many ASCs and medical groups bolstering their compensation packages to attract new staff in a challenging labor market.
How the nursing shortage is affecting ASCs and medical practices
Nurses are among the most difficult staff members for ASCs and medical practices to recruit because of a nationwide shortage attributed to increased demand due to an aging population and burnout reaching new levels during the COVID-19 pandemic.
