Category: ASC News

Scott Newcombe, a 40-year-old man from Plattsburgh, N.Y., pleaded guilty to committing healthcare fraud.

New Hampshire is the best state to find a job, according to WalletHub’s 2024 ranking. 

From consistently declining reimbursements to inflation and staffing shortages, these are the healthcare trends that ASC leaders told Becker’s they’re tired of hearing about and want to see action on: 

AMN Healthcare’s 2024 “Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives,” report named nurse practitioners as the most in-demand medical professionals of 2023 and 2024.

Physicians have an average annual salary of $187,330 in Pennsylvania, the state with the most physicians per capita, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Physicians have an average annual salary of $187,330 in Pennsylvania, the state with the most physicians per capita, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Nurse practitioners and certified registered nurse anesthetists are among the top-recruited workers in healthcare today. 

Physician practices are increasingly closing amid financial hardships and market challenges.

An investigation by ABC News 10 San Diego revealed that a surgery center near San Diego employed a nurse who was later found guilty in connection with the death of a former patient, the outlet reported Oct. 28.

Nurse practitioner was named the most recruited medical position in 2024, and those providers earn an average of $164,000 a year across all practice settings, according to AMN Healthcare’s 2024 “Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting …