From an impending recession to falling unemployment claims, here are seven economic and employment updates Becker’s reported on in September.
Category: ASC News
Licensed practical nurse salaries by region
Licensed practical nurses earn the highest salary in the Pacific region, according to data from Medscape’s RN/LPN Compensation Report 2022.
Physician’s license suspended after performing unauthorized cosmetic surgeries at ASC
Burien, Wash.-based family practice physician and cosmetic surgeon Kristine Brecht, MD, had her license suspended after she was caught performing plastic surgeries she had been ordered to stop performing, local NBC affiliate KING5 reported Sept. 30.
10 most, least expensive cities
San Jose, Calif., is the most expensive major city in the U.S. for 2022, according to an Oct. 3 report from CNBC.
11 universities that produce the wealthiest alumni
A fourth of the 400 wealthiest people in the U.S. in 2022 went to one of 11 universities, with the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) producing the highest number of wealthy alumni, according to an article published Oct. 2 by Forbes.
Iowa ASC expanding, relocating
Mason City-based MercyOne North Iowa Bariatric Surgery is relocating to support an expansion, KIMT reported Sept. 30.
7 signs you are being ‘quiet fired’
Eighty-three percent of Americans reported seeing or facing “quiet firing” in the workplace in the last year, according to a Sept. 30 report from CNBC.
Where physicians see patients having trouble paying medical bills
In its 2022 “Physicians Rate Healthcare Access Report.” Medscape laid out the regions where physicians are reporting patients having difficulty paying bills over the last 5 years.
45% of workers earning over 6 figures report living paycheck to paycheck
Forty-five percent of workers earning over six figures a year report that they are living from paycheck to paycheck, up from 38 percent last year, according to a Sept. 30 report from CNBC.
The 10 richest Americans in healthcare this year, per Forbes
Ten people whose wealth is rooted in the healthcare industry made Forbes’ 2022 list of the 400 wealthiest Americans, based on data from September 2022:
