Category: ASC News

U.S. companies saw the highest level of job cuts in January since early 2023 and the lowest planned hiring level for the month since 2009, according to a Feb. 1 report from CNBC.

ASCs nationwide are stepping up physician recruitment efforts to further their growth. 

Home health company owner Yogesh Pancholi, 43, was sentenced to nine years in prison for a nearly $2.8 million healthcare fraud and wire fraud scheme. 

A California medical lab operator was sentenced to 10 years in prison for conspiring to conceal his role in a billing scheme that defrauded Medicare of approximately $234 million.

Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists are rapidly growing in popularity, with prescriptions for Ozempic and similar drugs quadrupling in less than three years, according to a September report from The Washington Post. 

Physicians are independent creatures. They thrive off of the ability to make the best decisions they know will provide the best outcome. But as the number of independent physicians dwindles, what becomes of physicians’ autonomy?

The ongoing — and worsening — shortage of physicians is top-of-mind for many healthcare leaders. Whether measures being taken to head off a potential crisis are sufficient remains to be seen.

Kentucky has been named the worst state to retire in for 2024 by personal finance website WalletHub. 

Here are five comparisons providing insight on compensation differences between physicians and registered nurses, using data from the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics employment survey.

The most common elective procedure that older patients are considering is a major joint surgery, according to a Jan. 30 study published in the JAMA Network.