New Port Richey, Fla.-based pain management practice Paragon Community Healthcare was ordered to permanently close as part of a settlement over alleged Controlled Substances Act violations, the Justice Department said July 27.
Radiology saw the highest pay jump among physician specialties in the last year, according to Merritt Hawkins and AMN Healthcare’s 2022 “Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives.”
As procedures increasingly move to ASCs, the way hospitals are used is shifting, according to Brian Bacot, MD, orthopedic surgeon at Comprehensive Orthopaedic Global in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.
The Permanente Medical Group is the nation’s largest, with 10,007 physicians, according to Merritt Hawkins and AMN Healthcare’s 2022 “Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives.”
Orthopedic surgeons and cardiologists are among the highest-earning physician specialties in healthcare and on average generate at least $3 million in hospital revenue a year, according to Merritt Hawkins’ 2022 “Review of Physician and Advanced Practit…
During the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses across all healthcare fields felt overworked and often underpaid, contributing to burnout in the field.
Monkeypox has been declared a public health emergency of international concern and six more federal healthcare updates Becker’s has reported on since July 18:
The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association released results from its June “60-Second Survey,” with findings on staff turnover, hourly pay and contracted workers.