Nurses are among the most difficult staff members for ASCs and medical practices to recruit because of a nationwide shortage attributed to increased demand due to an aging population and burnout reaching new levels during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Author: Alan Condon
ASCs, hospitals and health systems continue to be challenged with staff shortages as the availability of high-quality clinical and administrative workers fluctuates through labor market shifts and new waves of COVID-19 variants.
Dallas-based United Surgical International Partners is strengthening its position as the leading ASC operator in the U.S., with its latest partnership adding 22 ASCs and more than 140 physicians to its network.
The Surgery Center of Pottsville (Pa.) is closing on June 28 after 17 years in operation.
Walgreens is edging further into the healthcare sector with the June 16 launch of its clinical trials business.
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Northwell Health broke ground on the Katz Women's Surgical Center at Glen Cove (N.Y.) Hospital, Long Island Business News reported June 16.
About 66 percent of surgery centers are wholly owned by physicians, with the rest of the market owned solely or in collaboration with hospitals and corporations, according to a June report from Definitive Healthcare.
UC San Diego Health surgeons traveled to Tijuana, Mexico, June 2 to open a bariatric ASC in collaboration with the International Institute of Metabolic Medicine, a facility that specializes in the treatment of medical tourism patients, according to The San…
Montrose (Colo.) Regional Health received approval on May 25 to build an 80,000-square-foot ASC, nine days before another outpatient project broke ground in the city, according to the Montrose Press.
Minneapolis-based Allina Health, MNGI Digestive Health and real estate firm Davis plan to build a multispecialty ASC in Lakeville, Minn., Healthcare Design reported June 6.