Below is the average salary for physician assistants by state compared to each state's average cost of living index, using data from insure.com and ZipRecruiter:
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By 2034, the overall shortage of physicians in the U.S. could reach 124,000, according to the "2023 Physician Compensation Report" from Physicians Thrive.
Charlotte, N.C., is the metropolitan area in which physicians are paid the most, according to Physician Thrive's "2023 Physician Compensation Report."
Cardiologists saw the biggest salary decrease in 2022, earning $527,000 on average, which was 16 percent less than the year before, according to the "2023 Physician Compensation Report" from Physicians Thrive.
Inflation numbers in April reached their lowest in two years as price pressures appear to be letting up for customers, according to a May 10 report from CNBC based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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ASC operator and physician services company Envision plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to a May 10 report from The Wall Street Journal. The filing could happen as early as this weekend, according to the report.
Mishawaka, Ind.-based Saint Joseph Health System has moved from a medical office building in Plymouth, Ind., following a dispute with the facility's landlord, according to a May 10 report from CBS affiliate WSBT.
A majority of U.S. adults — 52 percent — rated the quality of healthcare as either "only fair" or "poor," with 68 percent indicating it is at a crisis point/has major problems in Gallup's "Health and Healthcare survey" for 2023.
Here are three numbers that may give physicians something to smile about:
Overland Park, Kan.-based emergency room physician Gautam Jayaswal, MD, pleaded guilty to ordering millions of dollars' worth of unnecessary genetic tests and orthotic braces as a part of a telemedicine fraud scheme, the Justice Department said May 9.