ASC News

Here are four updates on ASC companies.

Agency/contract/travel nurses earn the highest salary compared to nurses in any other work setting, according to the Medscape Nurse Salary Report 2015.

Holland (Mich.) Eye Surgery & Laser Center is the first provider in West Michigan to implement the CATALYS Precision Laser System, according to a Fox 17 West Michigan report.

A new app launched in Australia focused on engaging physicians for house calls could disrupt the locum tenens industry, according to an iMedicalApps report.

Southeastern Health's Southeaster Surgical Center physician Lya Crichlow, MD, became a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, according to a report from The Robesonian.

Portland, Ore.-based Northwest Ambulatory Surgery Center's Mark A. Kallgren, MD, conducted the first commercial implantation of the Senza spinal cord stimulator in Portland.

In the wake of an upcoming physician shortage, Texas and Georgia increased their medical school enrollments and are seeking ways to increase residencies, according to The Augusta Chronicle.

Here are five recent legislative and policy changes impacting ASCs in the last month.

Here are seven updates:

After being in private practice for 28 years, dentist Larry Squire, MD, is now a member of the Scott County Board of Health in Davenport, Iowa, according to the Quad-City Times.