Category: ASC News

Family medicine specialists were the most in-demand advanced practice providers in 2023, according to a report by AMN Healthcare. 

Hackensack Meridian Neuroscience Institute is set to break national and global records with the nearing implementation of Zap-X Gyroscopic Radiosurgery combined with Synaptive brain only silent MRI.

Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center and one of its physicians are being sued by a former colorectal surgeon who claims she was discriminated against based on her sex and country of origin, according to an Aug. 14 report from bangordailynews.com.

The average physician signing bonus increased 11 percent from 2017 to 2023, according to AMN Healthcare’s “2023 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives” report released July 24. 

The average signing bonus for physicians in 2022 and 2023 is $37,473, according to AMN Healthcare’s “2023 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives” report released July 24. 

In 2020, AMN Healthcare saw a 30 percent year-over-year decrease in physician and advanced practitioner search engagements, according to a new AMN report released July 24. 

California physician Sarwa Aldoori, MD, had her license suspended after failing to comply with her probation requirements which were imposed following a patient death, The Bakersfield Californian reported Aug. 10.

Santa Clara, Calif.-based Arash Padidar, MD, has been arrested and charged with illegally prescribing opioids to patients. 

UnitedHealth Group’s Optum and its subsidiaries have recently laid off employees and cut services at one of its subsidiary’s clinics.

Certain states surpass the median yearly salaries among the 20 highest-paying medical jobs in the U.S.