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Martinsville, Va.-based physician Joel Smithers, MD, who in 2019 was convicted of prescribing more than 500,000 opioid doses in less than two years, had that conviction and his 40-year prison sentence thrown out, Reuters reported Feb. 2. 

Here are five statistics providing insight into how healthcare administrators in outpatient care centers are compensated:

Here are 11 court cases involving the healthcare industry to know, as reported by Becker's since Jan. 25:

A pain management physician along with three others pleaded guilty for their roles in a scheme involving kickbacks for toxicology tests. 

Seemingly endless supply disruptions, rising costs of supplies and labor and decreasing reimbursements are just some of the challenges ASCs have to contend with in 2024.

Atlanta-based Piedmont Hospital recently tasked a group of business students with determining how the hospital could stop losing so much of its surgical business to ASCs in the area, according to a Feb. 2 report from Technique.

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare set its sights on outpatient care in 2023 — and based on the health system's recent activity, 2024 is no different. 

Healthcare-related cyberattacks are on the rise in the U.S., with more than 51.9 million patient records being exposed in 2022 alone. 

Kentucky has been named the worst state to retire in for 2024 by personal finance website WalletHub, followed by New Jersey and Mississippi. 

Here are four pieces of good news and three pieces of bad news affecting the ASC industry at the moment.