Today's Top 20 Stories

  1. Private equity & ASCs: 5 notes

    Patsy Newitt -
    Here are five recent updates on private equity that Becker's has reported on in the last month:

  2. 'Like peering through fog without a compass': Value-based care's future in orthopedics

    Riz Hatton -
    Valued-based care has become a household name in healthcare. 

  3. ASCs' financial fundamentals

    Paige Haeffele -
    Grappling with the financial aspects of ASC management is not to be taken lightly — however, there are a few essential approaches that should be part of any financial management strategy.

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  1. Surgeon pay in the cities with the best healthcare

    Paige Haeffele -
    Overland Park, Kan., was found to be the city with the best overall healthcare services according to personal finance website WalletHub, and mid-career surgeons in the area earn an average annual salary of $360,649.

  2. Surgeon pay in the cities with the worst healthcare

    Paige Haeffele -
    Columbus, Ga., was found to be the city with the worst overall healthcare services according to personal finance website WalletHub, and mid-career surgeons in the area earn an average annual salary of $371,418.

  3. Arkansas woman arrested for working as a nurse without legitimate license

    Claire Wallace -
    Arkansas woman Alicia Flanagan, 55, has been arrested for allegedly impersonating another individual to get healthcare jobs despite not having a license or degree, according to an April 25 report from CBS affiliate News 5.

  4. 3,713 anesthesia devices recalled

    Claire Wallace -
    Draeger has recalled 3,713 Perseus A500 anesthesia workstations following reports that the internal backup battery had failed spontaneously while the system was being operated off the main power supply. 

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  1. The ins and outs of telehealth coding

    Paige Haeffele -
    Medical coding is finicky in its own right, and when telehealth is added to the mix, the process becomes even more complex.

  2. 5 anesthesiologists in the headlines 

    Patsy Newitt -
    Here are five anesthesiologists making headlines in the last month:

  3. Optum in 2024: 5 major moves

    Patsy Newitt -
    Optum is the parent company of SCA Health and the country's largest employer of physicians.

  4. 'Quiet quitting' gives way to 'resenteeism' among Gen Z workers

    Claire Wallace -
    In 2022, the "quiet quitting" trend swept companies as Gen Z employees began lightening their workloads in an attempt to back away from work commitments. 

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  1. ASC companies' growth boom

    Paige Haeffele -
    Some of the ASC industry's biggest players — AmSurg, HCA Healthcare, SCA Health, Surgery Partners and United Surgical Partners International — have seen explosive growth in the last year.

  2. 5 recent ASC firsts

    Ariana Portalatin -
    Here are five new milestones achieved by ASCs since April 2:

  3. University of Kentucky breaks ground on advanced ambulatory building

    Ariana Portalatin -
    Lexington-based University of Kentucky recently broke ground on a new cancer and advanced ambulatory building.

  4. Highest-paying industries for NPs

    Cameron Cortigiano -
    Nurse practitioners earn the highest annual wage in the business support services industry, according to updated data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

  5. The ASC transactions shaping the industry

    Riz Hatton -
    Here are four ASC transactions Becker's has reported on since April 1: 

  6. Physician assistant pay continues to rise 

    Patsy Newitt -
    Physician assistant base pay jumped 5.8% from 2022 to 2023, according to the "2024 American Academy of Physician Associates Digital Salary Report," which surveyed 12,207 PAs. 

  7. Healthcare prices surge 14% in last 5 years: Report

    Paige Haeffele -
    Healthcare spending among those insured through an employer was $6,711 per person in 2022, an increase of 18.7% from 2018, according to a recent report by the Health Care Cost Institute.

  8. 15 highest-paying healthcare jobs

    Paige Haeffele -
    Physicians and surgeons were the highest-paid healthcare roles in the last year, earning an average salary of $239,200 or more, according to data from the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics employment survey, which was published April 3 and uses data from 2023, the latest available. 

  9. 10 ASCs hiring administrators

    Paige Haeffele -
    Here are 10 ASCs across the U.S. that have posted job listings for administrators within the last month:

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