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Of the 102 ASCs in the five-county region of Philadelphia, 76 had a profit in 2022, while 26 lost money, according to an Oct. 3 report from the Philadelphia Business Journal. 

Katherine Jee Rankin, RN, a nurse formerly employed at a Jacksonville, Fla.-based ASC, pleaded guilty to tampering with injectable hydromorphone at the facility, according to an Oct. 3 report from Shore News Network. 

Here are five lawsuits covered by Becker's in 2023 that involve ASCs:

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With inflation on the rise nationwide, some cities and regions are getting hit harder than others. While the year-over-year consumer price index hit 3.7 percent in August, some cities are facing CPIs as high as nearly 8 percent, according to…

Nora Avila, 35, has pleaded not guilty to allegations that she impersonated a nurse for three years at multiple home health companies in the Laredo, Texas, area, Laredo Morning Times reported Sept. 30. 

Amid growing discontent among physicians on noncompete agreements, which prohibit clinicians from joining a competing practice or setting up their own within a particular distance from their previous practice for a certain period of time, many states have amended their…

Carmel, Ind., is the best small city to live in, according to personal finance site WalletHub.

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