Here are seven news updates for ambulatory surgery center leaders to know for March 16, 2015.
ASC spending up 4.87% in 4Q of 2014
Analysis of U.S. Census data from the Center for Sustainable Health Spending notes healthcare spending increased 5 percent last year, reports Bloomberg Business, where they note this increase follows five consecutive years of record slow growth for the healthcare industry.
S.D. could see $4.3B funding increase to healthcare providers
Black Hills FOX is reporting the South Dakota legislative session passed a $4.3 billion budget, voted 55 to nine in The House and 30 to two in the Senate.
Uber investor Bill Gurley criticizes the healthcare field
During the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Mr. Gurley discussed how the healthcare market is "distorted" and that he is less inclined to invest in healthcare.
Around half of healthcare providers don't re-screen employee backgrounds
According to a First Advantage report, 50 percent of survey respondents don't rescreen workers at all and 19 percent rescreen annually and 17 percent rescreen employees every two years.
10 American clinicians return from Sierra Leone after exposure to Ebola
Ten American healthcare workers for the Partners In Health charity are being flown from West Africa after aiding another American clinician diagnosed with Ebola, reports the Wall Street Journal.
CDC study claims hospital-acquired MRSA infection declined 2005-2011
According to a CDC study, invasive MRSA infections beginning in hospitals declined 54 percent between 2005 and 2011 and there were 9,000 fewer deaths in hospital patients in 2011 than those in 2005, reports Time Bulletin Media.
FDA advisory panel to discuss 'superbug' infections
The FDA's Gastroenterology and Urology Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee will meet May 14 to 15 to discuss the transmission of "superbug" infections, according to a Reuters report.
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