Category: ASC News

14 med schools offering free tuition, full-ride scholarships

Twenty-two U.S. undergraduate universities currently offer free tuition options for students, with a handful of medical schools, including New York City-based New York University and Bethesda, Md.-based F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, following su…

New York physician, 3 pharmacists charged in $24M oxycodone scheme

A New York City federal court charged physician Somsri Ratanaprasatporn, MD, three pharmacists and four others with a $24 million scheme illegally distributing more than 1.2 million oxycodone pills, the U.S. Justice Department said October 12. 

Banner Health, Atlas Healthcare Partners acquire 2 Arizona ASCs

Atlas Healthcare Partners and Banner Health have partnered in the acquisition of two Arizona ASCs in Scottsdale and Tucson. 

Arkansas ASC expands surgical team

Mandy Rice, DO, joined the surgical team at the CHI St. Vincent Surgery Clinic-Hot Springs, The Sentinel-Record reported Oct. 10.

45% of residents believe they have it harder than their predecessors

Forty-five percent of medical residents believe that their jobs are harder than those of their predecessors, according to an Oct. 7 report from Medscape based on a survey of 1,376 U.S. medical students. 

5 key topics to be considered in physician contracts

When writing a new contract for physician hires, there are five things that should be included, or avoided, to entice new employees, according to a Medscape report from healthcare lawyer Ericka Adler. 

10 metro areas where salaried workers’ wages have increased the most since 2019

Average monthly earnings for salaried workers have increased 6.77 percent since 2019, according to an Oct. 10 report from CNBC.

Political affiliation bias on the rise in US workplaces

The percentage of U.S. workers who have experienced political affiliation bias in the workplace has increased 12 points in the last three years, growing to 24 percent of 504 workers surveyed, according to data from the Society for Human Resource Manage…

1 in 3 physicians have considered early retirement: Report

Thirty-six percent of physicians have considered early retirement in the last year, according to “Back From Burnout: Confronting the Post-pandemic Physician Turnover Crisis”,” an October report from the Medical Group Management Association and Jackson …

How states stack up: 15 rankings from 2022

From the most expensive state to retire in, to the state with the highest physician assistant pay, here are 15 state rankings Becker’s has reported on this year.