Physician recruiting efforts have gone up in two medical settings: hospitals and academic medical centers, according to Physicians Thrive's "2023 Physician Compensation Report."
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Gov. Kim Reynolds of Iowa has signed into law legislation that allows physician assistants to practice independent of a supervising physician.
Former physician Mendel Gordin, MD, surrendered his medical license after he was accused of making inappropriate comments to several patients and misdiagnosing one of them, The Bellingham Herald reported May 10.
Below is the average salary for nurse practitioners by state compared to each state's average cost of living index, using data from insure.com and ZipRecruiter:
Nashville, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners is a national operator of surgical facilities, with over 127 ASCs and 4,600 physician affiliates in its portfolio. It holds an estimated 2.4 percent of the ASC market share.
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HCA Healthcare owns 2.5 percent of the ASC market and is one of the five largest chains in the industry.
The University of Washington in Seattle was ranked the top medical school for primary care in 2023 and 2024 by U.S. News and World Report. Attending the university's school of medicine will cost full-time, in-state students $53,112 a year.
Erik Miller has been named president and general manager of medtech company MedHQ.
ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot created by OpenAI, has become the fastest growing website, nearing 1 billion users a month.
Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore was named the best medical school for surgery, according to U.S. News and World Report's "Best Medical Schools" list for 2023-24.