Category: ASC News

5 recent ASC firsts

Here are five new milestones achieved by ASCs since April 2:

Highest-paying industries for NPs

Nurse practitioners earn the highest annual wage in the business support services industry, according to updated data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Physician assistant pay continues to rise 

Physician assistant base pay jumped 5.8% from 2022 to 2023, according to the “2024 American Academy of Physician Associates Digital Salary Report,” which surveyed 12,207 PAs. 

Healthcare prices surge 14% in last 5 years: Report

Healthcare spending among those insured through an employer was $6,711 per person in 2022, an increase of 18.7% from 2018, according to a recent report by the Health Care Cost Institute.

15 highest-paying healthcare jobs

Physicians and surgeons were the highest-paid healthcare roles in the last year, earning an average salary of $239,200 or more, according to data from the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics employment survey, which was published April 3 and uses da…

10 ASCs hiring administrators

Here are 10 ASCs across the U.S. that have posted job listings for administrators within the last month:

The 6 best things about being a physician: Medscape

From improving lives to working in an ever-changing field, nine physicians shared some of the best parts about their careers in an April 25 Medscape report. 

10 highest-paid ASC specialties 

Here are 10 ASC specialties who were named the top earners in Medscape’s 2024 compensation report:

Wisconsin auto factory seeks rezoning for medical use

An auto factory in Milwaukee is seeking to add medical office space as part of its second life, according to an April 25 report from the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. 

NP pay for all 50 states

Nevada and California pay nurse practitioners the highest annual wage, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.