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A Florida physician assistant pleaded guilty to his role in a conspiracy to defraud Medicare of $7.3 million.

Atlanta-based American Health Imaging and its former founder and CEO, Scott Arant, have agreed to pay the U.S. and the state of Georgia $5,250,000 to resolve kickback and false claims allegations.

A team of surgeons at UC San Diego Health have become the first in the U.S. to use Distalmotion's Dexter surgical robot in the outpatient setting.

Significant change is underway in the orthopedic surgical space. Driven by advancements in technologies and techniques and a growing emphasis on cost efficiency and patient experience, procedures are increasingly being performed in ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) across the United States.

The California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations and Legal Aid at Work is filing a complaint against the Outpatient Surgery Center of La Jolla (Calif.), an affiliate of SCA Health, for the alleged wrongful termination of registered nurse…

Edina, Minn.-based Silverman Ankle & Foot will close on March 2, 2025, after 20 years in operation, according to a notice on the practice’s website.

A Mattituck, N.Y.-based physician was charged for allegedly receiving kickbacks in exchange for medically unnecessary brain scans. 

Here are four hospitals and health systems that have announced layoffs in the last month, as reported by Beckers:

The Iowa Board of Medicine has refused to license a Missouri physician who is trying to practice medicine in the state for a third time, KCCI Des Moines reported Dec. 1. 

Four Florida individuals have been sentenced for their role in a $54.3 million health care fraud scheme in which they paid kickbacks and bribes to telemarketers and physicians to secure orders for medically unnecessary prescriptions.