Becker's Healthcare January 12, 2024
Independent ASCs have unique challenges to face when navigating the industry.
Here are five updates that independent ASCs should know:
1. Hospitals and health systems in California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Kentucky, New Jersey, Vermont and Washington, D.C., and have reinstated mask mandates. Some ASCs are following suit.
2. Here are three labor trends that employers and employees should expect to see in 2024.
3. Ambulatory services added 19,000 jobs in December, making it the largest growing sector of the healthcare industry. Hospitals added 15,000 and the industry as a whole added 38,000.
4. Minimum wage increases went into effect for 22 states on Jan....