Category: ASC News

ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot created by OpenAI, has become the fastest growing website, nearing 1 billion users a month. 

Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore was named the best medical school for surgery, according to U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Medical Schools” list for 2023-24. 

Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore was named the best medical school for surgery along with one other ASC specialty, according to U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Medical Schools” list for 2023-24. 

Peter Caravella, MD, a general and robotic surgeon with Las Vegas Surgical Associates, shared a few key ways that robots are changing ASC care for the better at the annual California Ambulatory Surgery Association stakeholder meeting. 

A 3,049-square-foot medical office building in Santa Monica, Calif., has sold for just under $5 million, according to a May 10 report from ConnectCRE.

OB-GYNs saw the biggest salary increase in 2022, earning $332,000 on average, which was 14 percent more than the year before, according to the “2023 Physician Compensation Report” from Physicians Thrive. 

Orthopedic surgeons receive the highest incentive bonuses, according to Physician Thrive’s “2023 Physician Compensation Report.”

Below is the average salary for physician assistants by state compared to each state’s average cost of living index, using data from insure.com and ZipRecruiter:

By 2034, the overall shortage of physicians in the U.S. could reach 124,000, according to the “2023 Physician Compensation Report” from Physicians Thrive. 

Charlotte, N.C., is the metropolitan area in which physicians are paid the most, according to Physician Thrive’s “2023 Physician Compensation Report.”