Oakland, Calif.,– based Kaiser Permanente is expanding in the San Fernando Valley area with the addition of an ASC and medical office space in Lancaster, Calif.
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Operational costs are soaring for ASCs while reimbursements continue to decline. Some physicians point to a lack of communication from payers regarding ASC's true costs for creating this financial tension.
Here's five numbers shaping the ASC industry right now:
Between the 2022-23 and the 2023-24 fiscal years, physician starting salaries increased in eight specialties while decreasing in four, according to AMN Healthcare's 2024 "Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives" report.
A physician at a plastic surgery ASC in Coral Gables, Fla., is facing his fourth pending administrative complaint from the state's department of health, the Bradenton Herald reported July 31.
Gastroenterologists have seen an average 4.94% year-over-year starting salary increase since 2018, according to AMN Healthcare's 2024, "Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives."
The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association's political action committee has made a total of $23,000 in campaign contributions to House and Senate candidates in the 2023 and 2024 campaign season, according to data from campaign finance tracking nonprofit Open Secrets.
Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, parent company of ASC giant United Surgical Partners International, has agreed to sell its majority interest in Birmingham, Ala.-based Brookwood Baptist Health to Orlando (Fla.) Health.
A San Diego physician who was accused of sexual misconduct has agreed to surrender his medical license, local ABC affiliate KGTV reported Aug. 3.
The continuous rise of consolidation among ASCs — and healthcare as a whole — has leaders anxiously anticipating how the growing presence of large corporations and private equity firms will change healthcare.