Nurse practitioners and certified registered nurse anesthetists are among the top-recruited workers in healthcare today.
Category: ASC News
Why 5 physician practices closed
Physician practices are increasingly closing amid financial hardships and market challenges.
Nurse remained employed by ASC despite manslaughter plea, surrendering license: Report
An investigation by ABC News 10 San Diego revealed that a surgery center near San Diego employed a nurse who was later found guilty in connection with the death of a former patient, the outlet reported Oct. 28.
Average salaries for the 20 most-recruited medical positions
Nurse practitioner was named the most recruited medical position in 2024, and those providers earn an average of $164,000 a year across all practice settings, according to AMN Healthcare’s 2024 “Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting …
15 health systems partnering with Amazon, Google and Microsoft
Several key health systems with a large presence in the outpatient care setting have partnered with Big Tech companies, including Amazon, Google and Microsoft, to enhance artificial intelligence and clinical documentation initiatives in the last month….
Stopping data breaches 'key' in fighting Medicare fraud: 5 things to know
Over the last six months, an investigative team with CBS News Texas has been conducting interviews with over a dozen Medicare recipients whose accounts were used to commit fraud.
Tennessee clinic owner convicted in $35M fraud scheme
A Tennessee pain clinic owner was convicted of billing federal healthcare programs approximately $35 million for unnecessary medical injections.
Arizona physician sentenced for healthcare fraud
Linh Nguyen, MD, a physician in Peoria, Ariz., was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for healthcare fraud.
Physician charged in $17M scheme to illegally sell cancer drugs
A Royal Oak, Mich., physician was charged or his role in a multimillion-dollar scheme to sell prescription cancer drugs.
Female physician compensation in 2024: 16 things to know
Female physicians earn an average of $309,000 in 2024, falling short of the $400,000 earned by male physicians, according to Medscape’s “A Gender Gap That Defies Explanation: Medscape Female Physician Compensation Report 2024,” published Oct. 25.
