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Matthew Steven Miller, DO,  was sentenced to a year in prison for illegally prescribing Xanax, the U.S. Justice Department said Sept. 7.

The "quiet quitting" trend has been making headlines as a new poll from Gallup shows that about 50 percent of employees are feeling detached from their jobs. 

According to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, job openings in healthcare and social assistance were up in July 2022 from last year. 

A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that minority groups are consistently underrepresented in clinical trial research and in medical literature. 

ASC Aestique plans to open a new 15,000-square-foot center in Unity Township, Pa., to meet growing demand in the community, according to a Sept. 6 report from the Latrobe Bulletin.  

The June 30-year-fixed mortgage rate reached all-time highs, shooting over 6 percent. While rates dropped for July and August, September rates are elevating again, according to a Sept. 7 report from CNBC. 

Seventy percent of freestanding ASCs are independently owned and operated, according to VMG Health's "Annual Healthcare M&A Report 2022." 

According to the coronavirus vaccination tracker from USAFacts, a nonprofit organization that compiles and presents data from government sources, 79 percent of the U.S. population has now received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

A new executive vice president and seven more Cigna updates since July 27:

From robotic procedures in Boston to stent implants in Louisiana, here are five practices that have added new technology in the last 30 days.