The average annual salary for ophthalmologists has fluctuated over the past several years, reaching $301,500 in 2024. Ophthalmologist compensation jumped a total of $31,410, or 11.63%, from 2021 to ...

Hospital and health system ownership of ASCs has nearly doubled in five years, according to Avanza’s Intelligence Hospital Leadership ASC Survey. In 2024, 82% of hospitals and health systems own at ...

Self-employed anesthesiologists earn 10% or more than their hospital-employed counterparts, according to a new report from recently launched salary transparency platform Marit Health. Here’s a ...

A Greenwood, Ind.-based physician was arrested for allegedly fraudulently prescribing and repurchasing controlled substances, the Daily Journal reported May 13. What happened? Becker’s has reached out ...

Rapid City, S.D.-based Monument Health has broken ground on a free-standing emergency department in Rapid City.  The 16,750-square-foot facility will include full laboratory services, X-ray services, ...

A defender for the Los Angeles-based Angel City women’s soccer team, Savy King, has undergone heart surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to a May 14 report from CNN. Ms.

The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology and the American College of Cardiology submitted joint comments asking for tariffs on radiopharmaceuticals to be delayed until domestic sources can be ...

Virtual gastroenterology clinic Oshi Health, based in New York City, has tapped Brittany Flanagan as its inaugural chief people officer. Oshi Health is a virtual, in-network, multidisciplinary GI ...

Female ophthalmology residents log fewer procedural hours than their male counterparts, according to a study published May 1 in JAMA Ophthalmology. The study determined that female residents logged 4.

An employee at a Medford, Ore.-based medical office building is in the hospital following a car crashing into the facility on May 9, according to a May 13 report from NBC affiliate KOBI. The driver ...

Andrew Witty, CEO of UnitedHealth Group, has decided to step down for personal reasons, effective immediately, according to a May 13 news release. Here are 10 things for outpatient leaders to know ...

Here are six new ASCs, outpatient centers and medical complexes opening or that have been planned to open in the West, as reported by Becker’s since March 7: ...