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David Ming Pon, MD, an ophthalmologist based in Florida, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for convincing patients they needed treatment for wet age-related macular degeneration when they didn't have the disease at all, according to a Medscape report.

Eye Consultants of Atlanta added Daniel Hwang, MD, to its staff, MDJOnline reports.

There are double the number of single specialty Medicare-certified ASCs as there are multispecialty ASCs, according to the MedPAC 2017 Annual Report. There were 2,878 single specialty ASCs and 1,802 multispecialty ASCs.

The top 20 highest volume procedures for Medicare patients in ASCs account for 70.4 percent of the total Medicare patient volume.

A new study published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery examines long term outcomes for reverse total shoulder replacement.

A study released from Merritt Hawkins, an AMN Healthcare company, reports physician wait times are growing longer.

Here are seven things to know for March 20, 2017.

Here are 11 statistics and benchmarks about eye surgery in ASCs.

Berlin, Germany-based Springer published a survey assessing how many Americans see physician who accept industry payments and how many patients are aware of this fact.

Former CMS acting administrator Andy Slavitt joined Washington, D.C.-based Bipartisan Policy Center, HealthcareIT News reports.