Fourteen percent of gastroenterologists say they don't think their income will ever return to pre-COVID-19 levels. 

Physician trust in healthcare leaders took a hit during the pandemic, according to a study reported by Medscape Medical News on May 24. 

Dermatology saw one of the sharpest declines in average number of patients seen by physicians per week from before COVID-19 to now.

Medscape named the top 10 best states for physicians to practice in 2021. Of those states, Massachusetts had the lowest average compensation, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics' occupational employment statistics survey.

Minnesota and four other Midwestern states were among the top 10 places for physicians to work, according to Medscape's Best & Worst Places to Practice 2021 list.

Independent physicians report higher average compensation for the specialties most essential to ASCs, according to the Medscape Orthopedics Compensation Report 2021.

More than 99 percent of patients strongly agreed or agreed that they felt safe at the New Jersey-based ASC they visited, according to a study released by the New Jersey Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers.

ENT, anesthesia and dermatology were among the specialties with the biggest decreases in physician pay between 2020 and 2021.

Plastic surgery had the biggest growth in physician pay in the past year. 

Physician assistants earn the lowest average salary in Kentucky, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' occupational employment statistics survey.

Physician assistants earn the highest salary in Alaska, followed by Connecticut and Rhode Island, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' occupational employment statistics survey.

Cheyenne, Wyo., is the top-paying metropolitan area for physicians, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics occupational employment statistics survey.

Orthopedists and ophthalmologists were among specialties with the highest satisfaction in the field with more than 90 percent of physicians saying they'd choose the same field again, according to the 2021 Medscape Physician Compensation Report.

Infectious disease specialists spend the most time on paperwork and administration, clocking more than 24 hours per week on average, according to the 2021 Medscape Physician Compensation Report. Anesthesiologists and ophthalmologists, on the other hand, spend less time with about 10 hours per week on average.

Orthopedists received the highest incentive bonuses in the last year, followed by ophthalmologists, according to the 2021 Medscape Physician Compensation Report.

South Dakota has the fewest employed physicians, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics occupational employment statistics survey.

California has the most employed physicians, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics occupational employment statistics survey.

Physicians in Michigan receive the lowest average compensation, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics' occupational employment statistics survey.

Physicians in Maine receive the highest average compensation, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics' occupational employment statistics survey.

Cataract surgery remains the most frequently provided ASC service between 2014 and 2019, according to a recently released report by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.