A large majority of physicians, 74%, frown upon nurses with clinical PhDs calling themselves “doctor” according to Medscape’s 2024 “Hot Topics in the Medical Profession Report,” published Sept. 18.
Category: ASC News
Pennsylvania system to pay $65M in data breach settlement
Lehigh Valley (Pa.) Health Network agreed to pay $65 million in a proposed settlement of a class action lawsuit affecting 134,000 patients and employees, the Information Security Media Group reported Sept. 23.
Physician couple sentenced for healthcare fraud
Husband and wife John Johnson, MD, and Paula Johnson, MD, of Hollidaysburg, Pa., were sentenced for conspiracy to defraud the U.S. and healthcare fraud conspiracy.
The regions where physicians are unhappiest with reimbursement rates
Physicians in the mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. are the unhappiest with private-payer reimbursement rates, according to Medscape’s 2024 “Physician-Private Payer Relationship Report,” published Sept. 20.
ASCs still offer nurse sign-on bonuses
Healthcare jobs are the most likely to include signing bonuses among all job posts on Indeed.com, according to The Wall Street Journal, and surgery centers are still using them to attract talent.
Older physicians hit harder by pay cuts
Thirty six percent of physicians above the age of 46 experienced a pay cut in the last year, according to a recent Physicians Foundation survey.
Maryland medical clinic settles ADA claim after allegedly firing worker on 1st day
Gaithersburg, Md.-based All Day Medical Care Clinic has settled allegations from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging that the system refused to provide ADA accommodations for a new employee, according to a Sept. 19 report from HR …
Site neutrality: the great equalizer between ASCs, HOPDs? Viewpoint
Alex Azar and Kathleen Sebelius, who served as secretaries for the Department of Health and Human Services under former presidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama, respectively, advocated for a bipartisan adoption of site-neutral healthcare payments in a…
Virginia medical center to double in size, staff
A medical provider in Falls Church, Va., is relocating to a medical office building nearly five times the size of its existing facility, according to a Sept. 18 report from ARL Now.
The regions where RNs earn the most
Registered nurses working on the West Coast earn higher hourly wages than RNs in other regions, according to Springboard’s “2023 Wage Report,” which compiled data between March and April 2024.
