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Vafa Ferdowsian, DPM, pleaded not guilty on charges of rape and sexual assault in the second degree. 

Tennessee legislators are pushing for a bill that would lessen restrictions on physician assistants, ABC affiliate WATE reported Feb. 21. 

Theresa Payne, DO, has had her license restricted following multiple instances of driving under the influence, Greene Publishing reported Feb. 21. 

A bill that would remove patient consent as a defense in a homicide charge in cases of physician-assisted death passed a second reading in the Montana Senate, NBC affiliate KTVH reported Feb. 21. 

The majority of healthcare consumers are influenced by the “cleanliness of facilities” when rating an organization with five stars, according to a 2021survey conducted by healthcare patient experience company Press Ganey.

First Citizens Bank has provided $50.3 million in financing to Montecito Medical Real Estate to recapitalize a medical office building portfolio. 

Raleigh, N.C.-based WakeMed beat Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health, Raleigh-based UNC Rex Health and three ASCs for permission to build new operating rooms, according to a Feb. 21 report from public radio station WHQR. 

Sangita Patel, MD, has been indicted by a grand jury for allegedly defrauding Medicare $448,000, MLive reported Feb. 20. 

With staffing in all areas of medicine shrinking, healthcare organizations have made several efforts to support hiring and retention of registered nurses. 

Here are nine major Florida healthcare updates from February that ASC leaders should know.