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A man in Port Richey, Fla., has pleaded guilty for his role in a $39.5 million healthcare fraud case that involved physician kickbacks. 

Healthcare bankruptcies have slowed since a five-year high in 2023, when 12 hospitals and health systems filed for bankruptcy, according to a report published Aug. 14 by Gibbins Advisors, a healthcare restructuring consulting firm.

Lubbock, Texas-based Covenant High Plains Surgery Center has earned the Optum Bariatric Center of Excellence designation from the Clinical Sciences Institute. 

Here are five multimillion-dollar false claims settlements in the last three months:

United Urology Group recently experienced a data breach that involved sensitive patient information.

A newly introduced bipartisan bill, the Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act,  aims to loosen restrictions on physician-owned hospitals. 

There are 110,320 employed surgical technologists in the U.S., according to data from the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics employment survey.

Three hematology-oncology physicians have resigned from South Kingston, R.I.-based South County Health claiming  underfunding, The Providence Journal reported July 30. 

Staffing shortages have been a persistent issue across ASCs and hospitals alike. Here are five things to know about the ongoing crisis:

Here are 11 cases of physicians suing their former employers, as reported by Becker's in 2024"