Arkansas woman Alicia Flanagan, 55, has been arrested for allegedly impersonating another individual to get healthcare jobs despite not having a license or degree, according to an April 25 report from CBS affiliate News 5.

In 2022, the "quiet quitting" trend swept companies as Gen Z employees began lightening their workloads in an attempt to back away from work commitments. 

Some of the ASC industry's biggest players — AmSurg, HCA Healthcare, SCA Health, Surgery Partners and United Surgical Partners International — have seen explosive growth in the last year.

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

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 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 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.

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 data from 2023, the latest available. 

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

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. 

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

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. 

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

Here are two wins and two losses that ASCs are experiencing:

The healthcare industry continues to evolve in 2024, with ASCs facing a growing number of external challenges including anesthesia shortages, prior authorization pushback and consolidation in the marketplace. 

On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission officially banned noncompete clauses for the majority of U.S. workers, making it it illegal to include noncompetes in employment contracts and requiring companies with noncompetes to inform workers that they are void.

In 2023, 4% of vacant malls became healthcare, hospital or medical facilities, and that trend is continuing into 2024. 

The University of Iowa has earned approval from its board of regents to lease a 24,450-square-foot medical office building in Urbandale, Iowa, according to an April 24 report from The Daily Iowan. 

Montana is the state with the highest layoff rate in the U.S., seeing more layoffs than any other state between October and January, according to research from business company Upflip based on the latest available data on layoffs from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

The healthcare community is remembering eight leaders in their fields who have died since Dec. 22.