Author: Patsy Newitt

Here are five anesthesiologists making headlines in the last month:

Optum is the parent company of SCA Health and the country's largest employer of physicians.

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. 

Kristopher Schroeder, MD, anesthesiologist and professor at Madison-based University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, joined Becker's to discuss the FTCs' noncompete ban and how it will affect physicians. 

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

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

After the Federal Trade Commission voted to ban noncompetes for most healthcare workers, eight healthcare leaders and physicians joined Becker's to react to the agency's move. 

Here are four organizations that have recently inked deals to sell ASCs.

ASCs are historically reimbursed at lower levels than hospital outpatient departments, despite being considered by many in healthcare to be a high-quality and low-cost site of care. 

Seven hospitals and health systems have announced plans to lay off employees in the last 20 days amid financial issues and payer contract obstacles.