Category: ASC News

Physician assistants who work in scientific research and development services are the highest paid, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ occupational employment statistics survey released March 31.

Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has predicted how job openings will grow for seven medical specialties, including ophthalmology and nurse anesthetists, between 2021 and 2031. 

Physicians are expecting to see a 4.42 percent pay cut in January with the proposed 2023 Medicare physician payment schedule, and paired with rising operating costs and inflation, this could further destabilize Medicare, according to a Sept. 8 article …

Matthew Steven Miller, DO,  was sentenced to a year in prison for illegally prescribing Xanax, the U.S. Justice Department said Sept. 7.

The “quiet quitting” trend has been making headlines as a new poll from Gallup shows that about 50 percent of employees are feeling detached from their jobs. 

According to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, job openings in healthcare and social assistance were up in July 2022 from last year. 

A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that minority groups are consistently underrepresented in clinical trial research and in medical literature. 

ASC Aestique plans to open a new 15,000-square-foot center in Unity Township, Pa., to meet growing demand in the community, according to a Sept. 6 report from the Latrobe Bulletin.  

The June 30-year-fixed mortgage rate reached all-time highs, shooting over 6 percent. While rates dropped for July and August, September rates are elevating again, according to a Sept. 7 report from CNBC. 

Seventy percent of freestanding ASCs are independently owned and operated, according to VMG Health’s “Annual Healthcare M&A Report 2022.”