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Inflation numbers in April reached their lowest in two years as price pressures appear to be letting up for customers, according to a May 10 report from CNBC based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

ASC operator and physician services company Envision plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to a May 10 report from The Wall Street Journal. The filing could happen as early as this weekend, according to the report. 

A majority of U.S. adults — 52 percent — rated the quality of healthcare as either "only fair" or "poor," with 68 percent indicating it is at a crisis point/has major problems in Gallup's "Health and Healthcare survey" for 2023.

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Overland Park, Kan.-based emergency room physician Gautam Jayaswal, MD, pleaded guilty to ordering millions of dollars' worth of unnecessary genetic tests and orthotic braces as a part of a telemedicine fraud scheme, the Justice Department said May 9. 

The New York State Association of Nurse Anesthetists held a rally at the state Capitol on May 9, pushing for legislation that would recognize certified registered nurse anesthetists as a profession, according to a report from CBS affiliate WRGB.

Around 30 percent of freestanding ASCs are owned and operated by chains, with AmSurg holding 4.3 percent.

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