Nurses earn less than a quarter of what physicians earn in seven U.S. states, according to data from ZipRecruiter.
Category: ASC News
Nurse pay vs. cost of living in each state
The state where average nurse pay goes the furthest is Kentucky, according to data from ZipRecruiter and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Living Wage Calculator.
Tennessee physician permanently barred from prescribing schedule II and III drugs
Manchester, Tenn., physician David Florence, DO, agreed to be permanently barred from prescribing schedule II and most schedule III controlled substances, the Justice Department said May 18.
Connecticut physician fined for fraudulently prescribing
Oxford, Conn., physician Marc Legris, MD, was hit with a $10,000 fine for using another physician’s name and Drug Enforcement Agency registration number to prescribe controlled substances to a relative, Hartford Courant reported May 17.
Indiana physician fired for objecting to 10-minute patient visits, lawsuit claims
A physician at Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health Physicians has sued the health system, saying he was demoted and then terminated after objecting to keeping each patient’s visit to 10 minutes, Indiana Business Journal reported May 16.
As ASC industry booms, hospitals look to outpatient models
It’s no secret that orthopedic care is one of many specialties migrating to the outpatient setting, and hospitals and health systems are making several strategic shifts to keep up with this trend.
ASCs battle the ‘rising cost of everything’
For many ASC leaders, the biggest obstacle to care is skyrocketing costs driven by supply and labor shortages, as well as a 40-year inflation apex of 8.5 percent.
5 firsts for ASCs
Here are five ASCs Becker’s has reported on since April 28 that have made waves by achieving respective firsts:
ASCs ‘insulated’ Tenet’s bottom line as hospitals continue to battle high labor costs
Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International, Tenet Healthcare’s surgery center business, has helped protect the company from the rising labor costs that continue to eat into the bottom line of many hospitals and health systems across the country.
Las Vegas ASC performs nation’s 1st tendon repair with CoNextions device
Las Vegas-based Sunset Ridge Surgery Center surgeon Colby Young, MD, performed the first procedure with the CoNextions TR Tendon Repair System on May 11.
