Author: Patsy Newitt

Hearing aid specialists are the highest-paying job in healthcare that does not require a degree, according to a recent report from U.S. News and World Report. 

A Memphis, Tenn., man has been sentenced to five years of probation for stealing patient information to sell for personal gain. 

West Virginia is the state most affected by medical practice, according to a December report from Forbes Advisor. 

Martinsville, Va.-based physician Joel Smithers, MD, who in 2019 was convicted of prescribing more than 500,000 opioid doses in less than two years, had that conviction and his 40-year prison sentence thrown out, Reuters reported Feb. 2. 

A pain management physician along with three others pleaded guilty for their roles in a scheme involving kickbacks for toxicology tests. 

Here are four major deals from three of the largest ASC operators in the country so far in 2024:

Healthgrades recently released its rankings of the top hospitals for cardiac surgery.

Here are four pieces of good news and three pieces of bad news affecting the ASC industry at the moment. 

Fifteen people were sentenced in connection with a $40 million insurance scam in California in which a telemarketing company pushed prescriptions and medical devices to patients. 

Tenet Healthcare, parent company of ASC chain United Surgical Partners International, has finalized the sale of three hospitals in South Carolina to Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health for $2.4 billion.