The Department of Justice charged 32 people in Tennessee, including Jeffrey Young, a nurse practitioner known as the "Rock Doc," as part of a massive crackdown on illegal prescribing practices, The Tennessean reports.
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New York City-based Mount Sinai Ambulatory Ventures and Ridgefield, Conn.-based Merritt Healthcare applied for a certificate of need to build a $10.2 million, gastroenterology-focused ASC, according to the submitted application.
Provation, a clinical productivity software provider serving 1,000 ASCs, has joined the ASC Quality Collaboration, an independent organization that develops standardized quality measures.
Personal finance website WalletHub released its list of the best and worst states for children's healthcare, comparing the number of pediatricians and number of children in good health in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
The AGA Research Foundation recognized Ashish Nimgaonkar, MD, as its researcher of the month.
Here are four joint venture ASCs opened or announced in March:
A group of surgeons opened Downeast Surgery Center in Bangor, Maine, April 17, Bangor Daily News reports.
Hamilton, Mont.-based Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital is offering the public a peak behind the curtain of its new surgery center, the Bitterroot Star reports.
Four ASCs were recognized for superior supply procurement by OpenMarkets, an online marketplace for healthcare equipment.
The Ohio legislature passed a law requiring ASCs to establish ways to identify patients who could benefit from palliative care and inform them about those services.