Becker's Healthcare March 10, 2025
The recent minimum wage increase in California has presented financial challenges for many ASCs, forcing smaller physician-owned practices to compete with larger hospitals and organizations for staff.
“When the wage increase was implemented, it seemed like it would primarily affect large groups,” Pradnya Mitroo, MD, president of Fresno (Calif.) Digestive Health, told Becker’s. “But that’s not really true — it impacts smaller groups like ours as well because we have to compete for staff. Even though we’re a smaller practice, we’ve still had to raise all our salaries.”
At the same time, physicians are facing financial pressures from reimbursement cuts. While practice costs continue to soar, the 2025 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System...
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