Category: ASC News

Nearly half of residents (44%) have considered changing career paths at least once since starting their residencies, according to Medscape’s 2023 “Resident Lifestyle & Happiness Report,” published Oct. 17. 

Raphael Malikian, MD, a former physician based in Llano and Palmdale, Calif., pleaded guilty to federal narcotics charges for illegally dispensing and prescribing controlled substances.

Registered nurses in Arkansas earn an average of $67,838 per year, 16 percent less than the national average and the lowest figure nationwide, according to career website ZipRecruiter.

For the last five years, medical residents have consistently named work-life balance, time pressure and a fear of failure as their biggest challenges, and 2023 is no different, according to Medscape’s 2023 “Residents Lifestyle & Happiness Report,” …

Registered nurses earn $103,701 per year in Washington — 29 percent more than the national average — according to career website ZipRecruiter.

Nashville-based HCA Healthcare, a healthcare provider with 182 hospitals and 2,300 ambulatory sites, has partnered with Grail, a cancer test maker , to add Grail’s Galleri early detection test at select HCA physician practices. 

The city of Knoxville, Tenn., has opened its Public Safety Complex, and its campus includes the 25,000-square-foot St. Mary’s ASC, according to an Oct. 17 report from ABC affiliate WATE.

Kenai, Alaska-based physician Ray Lynn Carlson, MD, and his clinics’ managers have been indicted on 23 charges in a Medicare fraud case, Alaska Public Media reported Oct. 16. 

On Sept. 1, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill prohibiting employers from entering into noncompetes with California employees, regardless of the state the employee is working in. 

The Tennessee Department of Health revoked the license of Delenya Allen, MD, alleging improper treatment of patients, CBS affiliate WREG reported Oct. 13.