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5 healthcare jobs named top jobs for new college graduates

The U.S. job market is facing waves of layoffs, hiring freezes and a possible recession as new college graduates search for first-time employment opportunities that provide healthy wages and stability. 

Bausch + Lomb shakes up executive team

Eye health company Bausch + Lomb has expanded its executive team, adding Bob Bailey as its executive vice president and chief legal officer and Andrew Stewart as its president of ophthalmic pharmaceuticals. 

11 healthcare companies named the best small companies of 2023

Eleven healthcare-focused companies have been named the best small-cap companies of 2023 by Forbes. 

Why blood tests could be the future of colorectal cancer screening

Blood-based biomarker tests for colorectal cancer could soon be cleared by U.S. regulators, opening the doors to a new, more convenient way to screen for the disease, according to an April 5 Medscape article. 

6 DISC Surgery Center moves in 3 months

Newport Beach, Calif.-based DISC Surgery Center, an ASC focusing on orthopedic and spine care, has made six notable moves since Jan. 10: 

40K-square-foot Houston medical office building sold

A 40,000-square-foot medical office building in Stafford, Texas, a suburb of Houston, has sold, according to an April 12 report from REbusiness Online. 

Lawmakers introduce Medicare physician pay reform bill

Congress has introduced a bill that would tie the Medicare physician pay schedule to the Medicare economic index. 

Anderson Orthopedic Clinic to open Maryland ASC

Arlington, Va.-based Anderson Orthopedic Clinic, which is backed by management services organization M2 Orthopedics, is opening an orthopedic ASC in Oxon Hill, Md. 

Texas physician, clinic manager convicted of $1.2M opioid-for-cash scheme 

A Houston-based pain management physician and clinic office manager were convicted for operating a clinic that prescribed more than 600,000 opioids for cash, the Justice Department said April 12. 

Visus Therapeutics taps former Novartis leader

Biopharmaceutical ophthalmologic company Visus Therapeutics has added former Novartis leader Jehan Tamboowalla as its senior vice president of business development and marketing.