Peter Caravella, MD, a general and robotic surgeon with Las Vegas Surgical Associates, shared a few key ways that robots are changing ASC care for the better at the annual California Ambulatory Surgery Association stakeholder meeting.
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A 3,049-square-foot medical office building in Santa Monica, Calif., has sold for just under $5 million, according to a May 10 report from ConnectCRE.
OB-GYNs saw the biggest salary increase in 2022, earning $332,000 on average, which was 14 percent more than the year before, according to the "2023 Physician Compensation Report" from Physicians Thrive.
Orthopedic surgeons receive the highest incentive bonuses, according to Physician Thrive's "2023 Physician Compensation Report."
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.
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.