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HHS' Office of Inspector General said it wouldn't impose sanctions on a joint-venture ASC investment by a health system, certain surgeons employed by the system and an ASC management company, according to an opinion posted April 29.

Regan Nichols, a former physician based in Midwest City, Okla., was convicted of second-degree murder after five of her patients died of opioid overdoses, according to a statement from Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter.

COVID-19 has accelerated the migration of surgeries to the outpatient setting, and many administrators expect the trend to continue. 

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Connecticut's General Assembly is considering a bill that would increase the 6 percent gross receipts tax on same-day surgeries performed in ASCs to a 6.35 percent sales tax, according to the Hartford Courant.

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