ASC News

The average consumer spends about $2,150 on gas each year, according to personal finance site WalletHub.

Chicago physician Eliza Diaconescu, MD, has been sentenced to prison for prescribing opioids to patients without an exam and then billing for the purported treatment, the U.S. Justice Department said July 17. 

Healthcare real estate company Physicians Realty Trust is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange, which occurred July 19, 2013. 

Practices that adopt intelligent scheduling solutions have an average increase of 5 to 10 percent in physician utilization, according to a new analysis by patient scheduling platform Relatient. 

North Carolina is the state with the best workers and the strongest workforce, according to a July 17 report from CNBC.

Two ASC leaders joined Becker's to discuss the healthcare trends they are eyeing. 

ASC electronic health records vendor NextGen Healthcare has agreed to pay $31 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by misrepresenting the capabilities of certain versions of its EHR software, according to a July 14 report…

Raleigh, N.C.-based otolaryngologist Anita Louise Jackson, MD, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after a jury found her guilty of 20 criminal charges, including reusing single-use surgical devices and stealing her patient's identities, according to a July 11…

Despite promises of improved blood flow and prevented amputations, "risky" artery-opening procedures targeting nearly 12 million patients with peripheral artery disease have led to numerous leg amputations, according to a July 15 report from The New York Times.

Clark College, based in Vancouver, Wash., received a $141,260 grant to create the first surgical technician program in the Southwest Washington region, according to a July 15 report from The Columbian.