Proposed legislation in Arkansas would allow optometrists to perform certain surgeries that are currently only performed by ophthalmologists, KATV reports.
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The U.S. Treasury Department and IRS released a version of final regulations connected to the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, providing some insight into the classification of facilities such as ASCs and outpatient radiology centers.
An operating room nurse at Peak One Surgery Center in Frisco, Colo., had a friendly encounter with a moose as it walked near the medical facility's window.
While physicians who work long hours are among those with the highest incomes, working more than 51 hours a week corresponds to a spike in burnout, Medscape reports.
Medscape surveyed 10,284 nurses about the most and least satisfying aspects of their jobs and published the results in its Nurse Career Satisfaction Report 2018.
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In the fragmented, fiercely competitive global ambulatory services market, big and small players alike are pursuing acquisitions, expansion and new technologies to gain a competitive edge, according to Market Research Future.
Cheyenne, Wyo.-based High Plains Surgery Center Administrator Debbie Hall shared with Becker's ASC Review how trends in the healthcare industry are affecting operations at her surgery center.
After a small equipment fire closed Spencer (Iowa) Hospital's surgery center Jan. 21, the hospital reopened the surgery center Jan. 25, The Daily Reporter reports.
Warwick, R.I.-based Koch Eye Associates and Dartmouth, Mass.-based Eye Health Vision Centers received a visit from FBI agents, according to a Providence Journal report.
Glassdoor's ranking of America's top 50 jobs in 2019 includes seven healthcare jobs.