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November/December 2021 Issue of Becker’s ASC Review ON THE COVER First-ever ranking of all 50 states by ASC per capita The number of ASCs is growing across the U.S. as patients and payers demand more outpatient surgery, and the national…

CMS' outpatient payment final rule for 2022 contained positives for ASCs, including its plan to implement a transparent process to add procedures to the ASC-payable list. However, much of the provisions — particularly the decision to remove 255 procedures from…

Florida led the pack this year with 24 new ASCs opened, announced or proposed in 2021.

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health had 11 locations named in Newsweek's "America's Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers 2022" list. 

West Virginia is ranked the top state in the country for surgical technicians to live and work by job market research company Zippia.

North Dakota is ranked the top state in the country for cardiologists to live and work by job market research company Zippia.

Medscape's 2021 "RN/LPN Compensation Report" gives several insights into nurse compensation in the last year, including hourly wages and annual salaries.

Despite many nonemergency surgery hurdles since the COVID-19 pandemic, plastic surgeons overtook orthopedic surgeons as the highest-paid specialty in the country this year, taking home an average annual salary of $526,000, according to Medscape's "Physician Compensation Report."

Advanced Pain Care has teamed with a healthcare technology company to drive operational and financial improvements across its growing footprint, which includes 12 outpatient facilities and three ASCs.

Forty-five ASCs in Florida made Newsweek's ranking of America's Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers 2022.