Category: ASC News

Hillsdale, N.J.-based internist Lisa Ferraro, MD, has been charged with conspiring to distribute oxycodone without legitimate medical reason. 

Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health will undergo an investigation from a U.S. Senate committee, which will be led by Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy, according to an Oct. 4 report from the Richmond Times-Dispatch. 

Roughly 453,000 workers nationwide have gone on strike so far in 2023, including more than 75,000 workers at major nonprofit health organization Kaiser Permanente, according to an Oct. 9 report from CNBC. 

Fortune has released its annual list of the 100 most powerful women in business in the world for 2023, with two major healthcare executives sitting in the top 10. 

About 60% of physician assistants reported feeling burned out this year, according to Medscape’s “Physician Assistant Burnout Report,” published Oct. 6. An additional 29% reported feeling depressed, while 24% felt both burnt out and depressed. 

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster held a ceremonial signing on Oct. 3 to repeal the state’s certificate of need law, which has been on the books since the 1970s, according to an Oct. 3 report from local news station WCSC.

Physicians interested in hospital employment need to consider employment contracts carefully — they have the power to change the course of their career, according to the American Medical Association.

Annalee Knowles, a physician assistant employed by Naples, Fla.-based NCH Healthcare System, has been removed from her shifts after health officials found she shared confidential patient information, the Naples Daily News reported Oct. 5. 

California has the most active surgeons of any state, according to May data from KFF.

Certified registered nurse anesthetists earn $284,772 per year in New Jersey — 12 percent more than the national average — according to career website ZipRecruiter.