$22,000 Per Hour: Assistants Use a Legislative Loophole to Outearn Surgeons

A law meant to end surprise medical billing has led to large paydays for some surgical assistants, who can earn far more than ...

Surgical assistants have figured out how to make thousands more than the doctors they’re helping in the operating room — and it’s perfectly legal

The law was designed to protect patients from surprise medical bills, but its dispute-resolution process allows providers to ...

A surgical assistant earned $111,000 for one operation — 41 times more than the surgeon who did it

The law was designed to protect patients from surprise medical bills, but its dispute-resolution process allows providers to ...
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Assistants outearn surgeons; more political control at CDC? Flood of shoddy papers

A weekly roundup of healthcare investigations ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Some surgical assistants earn 25x more than surgeons: NYT

Some surgical assistants are earning 25 times what the surgeons make thanks to arbitration laws, The New York Times reported June 29. Here is what to know. 1. Surgeons and surgical assistants have ...
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Surgical assistants out-earn surgeons through NSA loophole: New York Times

Some surgical assistants are using arbitration provisions in federal billing law to collect far more than the surgeons they assist, according to The New York Times. Surgical assistants are typically ...