7 things for ASC leaders to know for Thursday — May 28, 2015

Here are seven news updates for ambulatory surgery center leaders to know for May 28, 2015.

1. New Jersey surgery centers make $3.75B economic impact last year
A report from the New Jersey Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers found New Jersey surgery centers contributed $3.75 billion to the state's economy in 2014, according to an nj.com report. Last year, New Jersey's 364 surgery centers employed 9,100 people. In New Jersey, surgery centers pay taxes based on the amount of profit made. In 2004, the maximum tax was $150,000 per year, but now the more profitable centers in the state paid $350,000 each, according to the report.

2. Healthcare access improving in the United States
The 2014 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report shows the uninsured rate in the second quarter of 2014 among those under 65 decreased to 15.6 percent from 22.3 percent in 2010, reports The Journal of the American Medical Association.

3. Dr. Michael Camilleri named AGA president
Michael Camilleri, MD, MPhil, MRCP, FACP, AGAF, has become the president of the American Gastroenterological Association. Dr. Camilleri is the 110th president of the AGA and a gastroenterologist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. He also serves as the executive dean of the department of development at Mayo.

4. Best states for physicians to practice
Medscape's
Best and Worst Places to Practice 2015 report lists Tennessee, Mississippi and Oklahoma as the top three states in which to practice, followed by Texas, Wyoming and Idaho.

5. Doctors Hospital of Manteca, Tenet break ground on $7M surgery center
Doctors Hospital of Manteca (Calif.) and Tenet Healthcare have broken ground on a new outpatient surgery center after investing $7 million in the project. The 6,000-square-foot facility will house three operating rooms and two procedure rooms with an opening expected sometime in 2016.

6. CMS proposes quality rating system to Medicaid, CHIP
New CMS proposed rules will measure healthcare quality and performance of Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program, similar to that of the five-star ranking that is already in place for Medicare.  

7. Bristol Hospital opens new outpatient orthopedic and spine center: 6 key notes
Bristol Hospital in Connecticut opened their Center for Orthopedic and Spine Health, consolidating three programs to a new 8,000-square-foot location. David Rubins, MD, and Mark Watson, MD, have relocated from their former locations to the new center, and Bristol Hospital will add an anesthesiologist and a sports medicine expert later this year.

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