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Clinician turnover is shaped less by perks and more by the fundamentals of how work feels day to day, according to a report from SullivanCotter and Lotis Blue.  The report found that decisions to stay or leave are driven primarily…

ASCs have long stood as a clear value proposition within healthcare — delivering lower costs, high patient satisfaction and streamlined care — but leaders say the model is facing mounting strain as financial, workforce and competitive pressures converge. While outpatient…

Morehead City, N.C.-based Carteret Health Care has broken ground on a $50 million outpatient campus in Cedar Point, N.C. The 50,000-square-foot project will house an ASC, a freestanding emergency department, advanced diagnostics and primary and specialty care, according to a…

Nacogdoches County Hospital District in Nacogdoches, Texas, unanimously approved a 15-year lease agreement with Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare on Feb. 27, The Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel reported March 2. The new lease agreement designates Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital and Cecil R. Bomar Rehabilitation…

By 2036, the U.S. is projected to have a supply of 50,490 anesthesia physicians but a demand for 60,760 — a shortfall of more than 10,000 physicians nationwide — according to projections from the Department of Health and Human Services’…

New Brunswick, N.J.-based Robert Wood Johnson Medical School is debuting a preventive cardiology program in partnership with Newark, N.J.-based Rutgers Health and West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health. The initiative will integrate preventive cardiology, cardiac genetics and sports cardiology into a…

Atlanta Gastroenterology Associates agreed to pay $4.75 million to resolve allegations that it received kickbacks in exchange for referrals of gastrointestinal pathology services, as well as performed medically unnecessary GI pathology services, according to a March 2 news release from…

Orthopedics and spine are among the hottest specialties for ASCs and outpatient settings this year, driven by CMS’ removal of nearly 300 musculoskeletal procedures from its IPO list.  This shift is leading to better outcomes and recovery for many patients…

The highest-paid gastroenterologist in Chicago, the most populated city in the Midwest, earns $1,063,700 per year, according to Medscape’s salary reporter tool.  Here are the salaries of the highest paid gastroenterologists in the 10 most populated cities in the Midwest,…

Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Health has made 17 leadership appointments under its new operating model. The appointments include leaders in surgical specialties and outpatient care, as well as both newly hired and promoted leaders: