The Labor Department said May 26 that jobless claims fell to 210,000, and continuing claims remain near the lowest level since 1969, the Wall Street Journal reported May 26.
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ASCs often face opposition from health systems, physicians or hospitals in the region that feel more operating rooms are unnecessary or will overrun the market.
Hudson (Wis.) Physicians, a 48-physician multispecialty group, on May 24 broke ground on a $10 million outpatient facility in New Richmond, Wis., according to a May 27 Hudson Star-Observer report.
Atlanta-based Emory Clinic is the first Georgia ASC to be awarded Magnet recognition for nursing excellence.
Independent ASCs are in an intensified struggle to attract and retain talent. Surgery centers have always competed against hospitals and health systems in their market, but now they are competing with hospitals' high-dollar signing bonuses and other recruitment tactics as…
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Cerebral perfusion analysis CT with blood flow and volume had the most procedures of any emerging medtech in 2021, according to claims data in a May report from Definitive Healthcare.
From resolving opioid distribution claims to expanding primary care offerings, here are four moves from Walgreens Becker's has covered in the last 90 days:
Nancy Martin, 77, pleaded guilty to embezzling $3.1 million from her employers, Wichita, Kan.-based Emergency Services P.A. and Mid-Kansas Wound Specialists, the Justice Department said May 26.
Four physicians who are seeking elective office:
Primary care physicians in the South and West regions of the U.S. had some of the highest increases in compensation from 2019 to 2021, according to the Medical Group Management Association's 2022 "Datadive Provider Compensation Report."