Patsy Newitt

Here are five private equity updates since Feb. 22:

Former St. Clair, Mich.-based physician Bernard Shelton, MD, was convicted for 21 counts of unlawful prescription drug distribution and a patient's overdose death, the Justice Department said March 31. 

Here are three major deals in March that ASC leaders need to know:

Becker's has reported on 10 ASCs opened or announced in March:

Here are three key statistics making physicians nervous:

There are 18,948 total active ophthalmologists in the country, according to the Association of American Medical College's "2022 Physician Specialty Data Report."

Here are five updates from Amazon since March 6 that healthcare leaders need to know:

Oral surgery is the specialty with the largest pay gap between men and women, according to Doximity's 2023 "Physician Compensation Report."

Matteson, Ill.-based physician Ajibola Ayeni, MD, has been ordered to pay more than $25 million for more than 4,000 violations of the False Claims Act, the Justice Department said March 28. 

Nagaindra Srivastav, owner of a Tampa, Fla.-based solutions company, has been sentenced to nine years in prison for selling fraudulent physicians' orders in a $48 million scheme, the Justice Department said March 30.