Category: ASC News

Physician assistant pay, demand on the rise: AAPA

The American Academy of Physician Assistants has released its 2023 “Digital Salary Report,” which found that base compensation for PAs has risen by 4.3 percent since 2021. 

28 best ASCs of 2023, per Leapfrog

Twenty-eight ASCs have been named the best of 2023 by patient safety reporter Leapfrog and online magazine Money. 

HCA Healthcare named top workplace in Colorado

Denver-based HCA Healthcare’s Continental Division/HealthONE, a healthcare network with several ASCs, has been named one of the top workplaces in Colorado for 2023, according to a May 3 report from The Denver Post. 

New U of Miami Health System medical office building to create 450 jobs

The University of Miami Health System is developing a 363,000-square-foot medical office building that plans to hire 450 physicians, nurses, technicians and support staff, according to a May 2 report from Miami Today News.

'Still around, just different': What private practice may look like 10 years from now

Private practices continue to operate in an environment full of consolidation and economic uncertainty, but how will these conditions and more alter their future?

Nearly half of physicians regret career choice: Here's how to fix it

Burnout rates among physicians have been on the rise since 2021, with only 57.5 percent of physicians indicating they would choose the profession again, according to a 2022 survey of 2,500 U.S. physicians conducted by researchers at the American Medica…

2022 False Claims Act recoveries lowest in 14 years: 5 things to know

In fiscal year 2022, the U.S. government recovered a total of $2.2 billion in payouts related to False Claims Act violations — its lowest recovery total in 14 years — according to February 2023 data from the U.S. Department of Justice, which was summar…

Nearly 25% of jobs could be disrupted in next 5 years: How AI factors in

About 23 percent of jobs are set to be disrupted in the next five years, according to a May 2 report from CNBC based on new data from the World Economic Forum. 

Top 8 challenges keeping small business owners up at night

High inflation is the top challenge keeping small business owners up at night, according to a recent survey of 500 small business decision-makers in the U.S. conducted by Amazon Business. About 70 percent of U.S. ASCs are considered small businesses, a…

Nurse job satisfaction levels lower than height of pandemic, survey says

Dallas-based AMN Healthcare has released its 2023 Healthcare Survey of Registered Nurses, which found that nurses are now less satisfied with their jobs than in 2021.