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ASC leaders grow increasingly concerned about staffing shortages heading into 2023

One of the largest concerns ASC leaders are facing right now is a lack of staffing going into the next calendar year. According to a report from VMG Health, many ASCs have to spend a quarter or more of their net operating revenue on employees to stay a…

Over half of ASCs 100% physician-owned

Fifty-two percent of Medicare-certified ASCs in the U.S. are 100 percent physician-owned, according to the most recent data from Advancing Surgical Care. 

Patients hospitalwide more likely to die when ED is overcrowded: study

Emergency department crowding affects death rates hospitalwide, according to a recent study from University Park, Pa.-based Penn State and the University of California San Francisco. 

IU Health taps Adrienne Sims for chief human resources officer

Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health has named Adrienne Sims, PsyD, its chief human resources officer and senior vice president. 

Florida medical board bans gender-affirming care for minors

The Florida Board of Medicine on Nov. 4 passed a new rule that bars physicians from offering minors in the state puberty blockers, hormone therapy or surgeries as treatment for gender dysphoria, according to The New York Times.

MU Health Care provides 24/7 staffing at local hospitals

University of Missouri Health Care in Columbia will now staff the Hermann Area District Hospital’s emergency department 24 hours per day, seven days per week, effective Nov. 1. 

CEO unretires to serve as Kansas hospital’s interim

Bill Overbey is exiting retirement to serve Junction City, Kan.-based Geary Community Hospital as interim CEO, the JC Post reported Nov. 4. 

Cincinnati GI performs first AI colonoscopies with GI Genius

Cincinnati GI performed its first artificial intelligence-assisted colonoscopies using Medtronic’s GI Genius module, making it the only endoscopy center in the greater Cincinnati area offering the technology, according to a Nov. 4 press release sent to…

Essentia Health adds GI nurse practitioner in North Dakota

Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health has added a new gastroenterology specialist at its Fargo, N.D., clinic on 32nd Avenue, according to a Nov. 4 report from the Grand Forks Herald. 

The cost of hospital contract labor in 22 numbers

Many hospitals and health systems aim to recruit and retain permanent staff to replace contract labor positions, which have seen wages skyrocket because of staff shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic.