Category: ASC News

Physicians are flocking to employed models — almost 70 percent of physicians reported being employed at the end of 2020, with 1 in 5 being employed by corporate entities, according to a report from Avalere. 

Buffalo Surgery Center in Amherst, N.Y., plans to spend $6.2 million on an expansion that would add more operating rooms and increase staff at the facility, according to The Buffalo News.

Delaware has the most punitive medical board, according to WalletHub’s “2022 Best & Worst States for Doctors” ranking, released March 21.

The number of multispecialty ASCs jumped 3 percent from 2015 to 2020, according to the most recent Medicare Payment Advisory Commission report.

Oradell-based New Jersey Brain and Spine was the target of a cyberattack, JDSupra reported March 22. More than 92,000 patients were affected, according to HHS data.

ASCs are struggling to recruit and retain nurses, in part because of skyrocketing travel nurse pay — creating what some administrators call a “wage war.”

South Dakota has the highest average annual wage for physicians, adjusted for cost of living, according to Wallethub’s 2022 Best & Worst States for Doctors ranking, released March 21.

The Midwest region holds seven of the 10 best states for physicians, according to WalletHub’s 2022 Best & Worst States for Doctors ranking, released March 21.

Deerfield, Ill.-based Surgical Care Affiliates, which is owned by Optum, has had an eventful start to 2022.

The District of Columbia has the lowest average annual wage for physicians, adjusted for cost of living, according to Wallethub’s 2022 Best & Worst States for Doctors ranking, released March 21.