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An office manager at a Chicago medical practice has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for illegally writing prescriptions for opioids, the U.S. Justice Department.

Minneapolis-St. Paul (Minn.) is the fastest growing medical office building market, seeing 24 percent growth over 10 years, according to a report from 42floors.com.

Los Angeles has the largest medical office building market in the U.S. by square footage, with more than 1,000 properties totaling nearly 41 million square feet, according to a report from 42floors.com.

Deborah Herdman, RN, is administrator at Paragon Surgery Center in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.

From increased ASC payment rates to an amoxicillin shortage, here are five federal healthcare updates Becker's has reported on since Oct. 31:

Mahoua Ray, MD, is the co-founder and managing director of Kansas Pain Management and Kansas Anesthesiology Professionals, as well as chief of pain management at Menorah Medical Center and treasurer for the Kansas Society of Interventional Pain Management.

The Northeast is home to some of the worst states for physicians to practice while the South contains some of the worst states for nurses.

The national average hourly pay is $56.75 per for nurse practitioners, according to the most recent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational employment statistics survey. Wages and living costs vary from place to place, however.

The best states for physicians to practice are not necessarily the best for nurses.

Brian Gantwerker, MD, is a spine neurosurgeon at The Craniospinal Center of Los Angeles.