Come see us at the Texas Pain Society’s Annual Scientific Meeting October 28-30th at the Kalahari Resort in Round Rock, Texas.
The Texas Pain Society’s Annual Scientific Meeting is the premier educational conference for pain management physicians in Texas. Each year over 250 physicians attend this one-of-a-kind event.
CNBC ranked all 50 states based on how good they are for businesses this year, with North Carolina, Washington, Colorado, Virginia, and Texas rounding out the Top 5. See how they all stack up:
The number of ASCs is growing across the U.S. as patients and payers demand more outpatient surgery.
Five states have seen their ASC counts grow by at least 10 percent since 2020, according to CMS data compiled by the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association. Texas and California lead the pack, each with 32 ASCs added since 2020.
SCA Health, an ASC management company owned by Optum, has added new surgical facilities since March of 2021.
SCA now has over 320 surgical facilities, up from 230 last year. In addition, while they used to serve 8,000 physicians across 35 states, they now serve 9,200.
Medscape’s 2022 physician and taxes report shows that most physicians in the country are taxed in the top 10 percent of workers in the country, and the majority of physicians feel as though they are overtaxed.
From Becker’s Thursday August 18th, 2022 – here are five updates on private equity since Aug. 4 that ASC leaders need to know:
In Becker’s, Riz Hatton details the “10 Best States for Physicians”.
All the states in Medscape’s top 10 states for physicians to practice have unemployment rates under the national average except Texas, which has an unemployment rate of 4.1 percent.
Here are the top 10 states for physicians to practice along with their unemployment rate as of June:
1. Idaho: 2.5 percent
2. Georgia: 2.9 percent
3. South Dakota: 2.3 percent
4. Texas: 4.1 percent
5. Indiana: 2.4 percent
6. North Dakota: 2.5 percent
7. Nebraska: 1.9 percent
8. Oklahoma: 2.9 percent
9. Utah: 2 percent
10. Florida: 2.8 percen
Be sure to read this article from Becker’s ASC Review “Where 5 physician owners see big growth in the next 2 years“.
Five surgeons and ASC owners talk share how they’re thinking about growth and investments in the next two years.
Need more pain? Give The OuchCast a listen.
This is a new show that focuses on the various topics throughout the field of pain medicine. We make it simple to understand the complexities of pain. Hosted by Neal Rakesh MD MSE, Jonathan Ramin DO, Amitabh Gulati MD. Brought to you by the World Academy of Pain Medicine United (WAPMU).
Interesting new article in Becker’s ASC from Claire Wallace, “11 things that attract patients to a new practice”
Seventy-three percent of patients keep a “mental scorecard” on their likes and dislikes about their healthcare provider’s office, a new study from EHR company ModMed and OnePoll found.
The 2022 “ModMed Patient Experience Report” used a random survey, conducted between Feb. 2 and Feb. 4, of 2,000 participants to determine what is important to them in seeking out a practice.
The survey results, released July 28, revealed 11 things that are most important to patients:
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