Tennessee lawmakers have passed a bill that would revise the state's certificate-of-need requirements. For ASCs, CON annual fees were raised from $100 to $2,000.
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South Dakota and South Carolina are experiencing the quickest workforce recovery since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and Vermont and Alaska are experiencing the slowest, according to an analysis by WalletHub, a personal finance website.
A new survey by national physician search firm Merritt Hawkins revealed that many physicians are concerned about job prospects and financial security.
Six independent physician associations in Philadelphia merged May 11, bringing together more than 200 physicians.
West Reading, Pa.-based Tower Health revealed May 10 some of its physicians will leave when it restructures its medical group, according to a report from the local Daily Times.
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From an eye center catering to underinsured patients to an Alaskan ASC serving 42 villages, Becker's ASC Review has reported on three facilities aiming to fill gaps in healthcare service.
A physician with four Rhode Island practices was ordered May 6 to change employee pay policies after a U.S. District Court judge found he failed to pay overtime to more than 100 employees, according to a report in The Providence…
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on May 3 signed into law a price transparency bill requiring healthcare providers, groups and facilities to make cash prices available to consumers for commonly provided services, Poncacitynow.com reports.
Owings Mills, Md.-based Chesapeake Urology reached its 1,000th milestone for ambulatory percutaneous nephrolithotomy, the highest number of such procedures in the country, according to a May 5 release.
For the first time, less than 50 percent of physicians reported working in physician-owned practices last year, according to a May 5 American Medical Association report.