Statesville, N.C.-based Iredell Health System has announced pay raises for its nurses and the majority of its 1,800 employees across the whole health system, including at its ASC, according to an April 6 report from Iredell Free News.
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Here are seven numbers to note about how physician pay compares to chief operating officer pay:
Forbes has named 28 "self-made" healthcare billionaires to its 2023 real-time billionaires list, with a combined net worth surpassing $85 billion.
ASC administrators in Kentucky could have trouble retaining staff as the state has the highest job resignation rate in the U.S., according to personal finance website WalletHub.
Nine out of 10 actively practicing pulmonologists are older than 55, according to the Association of American Medical College's "2022 Physician Specialty Data Report."
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Since the start of the year, three medical companies have announced warranties or lifetime guarantees on their devices, medications or procedures:
The state of New York saw the largest decline in population from 2021 to 2022, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Orthopedics is the "whitest" physician specialty, with about 83.6 percent of surgeons identifying as white, according to 2022 data from the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Ninety-one percent of actively practicing sports medicine specialists are younger than 55, according to the Association of American Medical College's "2022 Physician Specialty Data Report."
Bridgeport, W.Va.-based physician David Elwood Hess, MD, was indicted on 25 counts of unlawful controlled substance distribution and destroying evidence, the Justice Department said April 4.