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Certified registered nurse anesthetists are compensated at the lowest rate in Florida, where they earn an average of $187,158 — 27 percent less than the national average — according to career website ZipRecruiter.

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. 

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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:

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…

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