Category: ASC News

10 best states for nurse pay vs. cost of living

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.

6 federal updates for ASC leaders

Here are six updates from HHS and CMS from the last two weeks:

10 worst states for nurse pay vs. cost of living

The minimum cost of living in many states in the U.S. eats up the majority of the average nurse salary, according to data from ZipRecruiter and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Living Wage Calculator.

108,700+ physicians move to employment in the last 3 years: 6 findings

More than 108,700 physicians have shifted to employment from 2019 to 2021, with 58,200 physicians joining hospitals and 50,500 moving to other corporate entities, according to an April report from Avalere.

Patients unhappy with ‘corporate medicine’ will look to independent ASCs, physicians

Hospitals and corporate entities continue to snap up independent physician practices — a trend that has seen a significant spike because of the heightened economic challenges brought by the pandemic — but not all patients are happy with the level of ca…

Which ASCs will win in their market?

The future is bright for ASCs, but amid rising costs and declining reimbursement, many leaders stress the importance of focused growth plans and other strategies to win in their market. 

Nurse pay vs. physician pay for each state

Nurses earn less than a quarter of what physicians earn in seven U.S. states, according to data from ZipRecruiter.

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.