ASC News

Six former employees of an ASC allege they were fired from the surgery center after they were not granted religious-based exemptions from the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a May 20 complaint filed in the U.S. District Court of Western Michigan.

Champaign, Ill.-based Christie Clinic, a physician-owned multispecialty group practice, suffered a data breach that placed the personal data of 502,869 people at risk, according to the HHS breach portal.

Walmart is making moves to boost its healthcare presence. Here are eight this year for ASC leaders to know:

A physician assistant at two Houston-based clinics was convicted May 20 for distributing more than 1.2 million opioid pills, according to the U.S. Justice Department. 

Three physicians in the last week have faced lawsuits surrounding the prescription of controlled substances.

ASCs play a huge role in mitigating the rising cost of healthcare as well as providing a more convenient site of service. 

Massachusetts physicians receive the highest monthly pay, according to data from Ziprecruiter. 

Nearly 30 percent of physicians have experienced mistreatment from patients or visitors, according to research published May 19 in ScienceDaily. 

The state where average nurse pay goes the furthest is Kentucky, according to data from ZipRecruiter and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Living Wage Calculator.

Here are six updates from HHS and CMS from the last two weeks: