Kelly A. O'Brien, chief operating officer of Richmond, Va.-based Medarva Stony Point Surgery Center, spoke with Richmond Times-Dispatch about her healthcare career and what inspires her.
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Houston-based HCA Gulf Coast Division appointed Sean Burnett vice president of marketing.
Many people are opting to pursue physician assistant careers as analysts expect the job market to grow substantially in coming years, according to National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants' 2016 Statistical Profile of Certified Physician Assistants.
Hunt Scanlon Media, an industry tracking firm, ranked Kaye/Bassman International's Kaye/Bassman – Sanford Rose Associates Network among the top 10 executive search providers globally and in the United States.
Susan Kizirian is the chief operating officer of Ambulatory Surgical Center of America, which has developed, acquired or turned around more than 70 ASCs since 1997.
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Healthcare companies seem to be resisting filing initial public offerings in the wake of uncertainty around the ACA, according to Market Watch.
Physician assistants who have accrued more than two decades of experience can make upwards of $121,000 in some US. regions, according to Physicians Practice 2017 Staff Salary Survey data.
Many physicians do not view the American Health Care Act, the Republican healthcare bill, favorably, according to a Merritt Hawkins survey.
The American Medical Association reported membership growth for the sixth consecutive year, according to its 2016 Annual Report.
The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association elected two new board members and four additional members were re-elected.