The expiration of California’s COVID-19 emergency declaration could spell more trouble for Fresno County hospitals since they will no longer be allowed to hire travel nurses with out-of-state licenses, The Fresno Bee reported March 1.
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Digital care is biggest budget increase in '23, hospital C-suite leaders say
Hospital and health system C-suite executives say digital care will be their biggest budget increase this year and expect to expand IT hiring as a result, a March 2 study by consulting agency Guidehouse found.
3 ASC leadership moves
Here are three ASC industry leadership moves that Becker’s has reported on since Jan. 19:
2 business owners accused of billing for 24+ hour days
Two owners of a chain of addiction treatment centers in Massachusetts were charged in connection with millions of dollars of healthcare fraud connected to fraudulent billings, the Justice Department said March 2.
ASC Administrator of the Week: Christine Blackburn, an experienced nurse, manager and leader
Christine Blackburn, BSN, RN, administrator of South Kansas City Surgicenter in Overland Park, Kan., is Becker’s ASC Administrator of the Week.
Color Health lays off 300 employees amid shift away from COVID-19 testing
Health tech company Color has laid off 300 employees as it shifts its focus from COVID-19 testing, former staffers wrote on LinkedIn.
Major ASC chains' revenue growth: 11 stats to know
Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International, Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, Deerfield, Ill.-based SCA Health and Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners are four of the largest ASC operators in the country.
10 things to know about total joint replacements and ASCs
Here are 10 key things to know about ASCs and total joint replacements in 2023:
LCMC Health deploys AWS ransomware recovery tool for Epic EHR
New Orleans-based LCMC Health partnered with IT company Sapphire Health to use Amazon Web Services to deploy a ransomware recovery tool to the health system’s Epic EHR.
IT job openings at Oracle Cerner, Epic and Meditech
The top EHR companies are constantly looking to add IT talent to their teams.
