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Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has suspended an Indianapolis physician's license after he was charged for 114 counts of violating laws regarding medical practice regulation and controlled substance prescription. 

Providence Swedish South Puget Sound, the operator of Olympia, Wash.-based Providence St. Peter Hospital, plans to reduce the majority of its outpatient physical, occupational and speech therapy services in January, according to an Oct. 31 report from The Olympian.

West Virginia is the worst state to find a job, according to WalletHub's 2024 ranking. 

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A physician in Margate, N.J., was sentenced to 15 months in prison and must pay more than $5 million for his role in a scheme to defraud payers by submitting claims for medically unnecessary prescriptions. 

It is not uncommon for ASCs, especially smaller facilities, to outsource billing operations to revenue cycle management companies. 

New Hampshire is the best state to find a job, according to WalletHub's 2024 ranking. 

From consistently declining reimbursements to inflation and staffing shortages, these are the healthcare trends that ASC leaders told Becker's they're tired of hearing about and want to see action on: 

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