Category: ASC News

In July, partnerships between companies continued to trend in healthcare. From drug partnerships to AI partnerships, three major partnerships formed in the last 30 days. 

As the job market continues to change in unprecedented ways, a new report from Finances Online predicts some emerging trends are expected to continue through the 2022-2023 work cycle, including a younger workforce and more tech savvy job seekers. 

Surgery Center Cedar Rapids (Iowa) has been awarded the Blue Distinction Centers+ recognition by Blue Cross Blue Shield. 

Leawood, Kan.-based healthcare real estate group Monument Healthcare Development has rebranded from its former name, Astoria Healthcare Properties, HC&O News reported Aug. 8.

Physician assistants have different pay rates based on the states and specialities in which they work, with the highest paid PA specialty being cardiothoracic and vascular surgery, according to a report from Kiiky Wealth.

Here are the most-read ASC stories published by Becker’s since July 29:

In 2022, approximately 37 percent of U.S. physicians are female, with Washington, D.C., having the highest share of female physicians in the country, according to a June report from Statista.

Merritt Hawkins and AMN Healthcare laid out where physician demand is located in the 2022 “Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives.”

Pennsylvania pain management specialist Raymond Kraynak, DO, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for opioid distribution that resulted in the deaths of five of his patients, the Justice Department said Aug. 4.

Former Lake Milton, Ohio, internal medicine physician Martin Escobar was sentenced to 25 years in prison for 54 counts of illegally prescribing controlled substances and 31 counts of healthcare fraud, the Justice Department said Aug. 4.