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Mohammed El-Fallal, a medical assistant employed by two home health agencies in Oak Park, Mich., has been sentenced to 46 months in prison and ordered to pay $2.8 million in restitution for his role in a healthcare fraud scheme, according…

The benefits of and challenges faced by Colorado ASCs are featured in a report by MetroNorth News.

Terri Lopez, administrator of Gulf Coast Endoscopy Center of Venice, Fla., discusses the steps her ASC took to ensure epinephrine injections were being appropriately administered.

Catholic Healthcare West, based in San Francisco, has broken ground on a new surgery center in Elk Grove, Calif., according to a report from The Sacramento Bee.

Sutter Health, based in Sacramento, Calif., has approved financing for a new ASC in Elk Grove, Calif., according to a report from The Sacramento Bee.

Sumter, S.C.-based Tuomey Hospital has filed a petition for an appellate court's review of a district court ruling that calls for the retrial of a false claims lawsuit against the hospital that was originally cleared by a federal jury earlier…

Meg Tomlinson, administrator at Metrocrest Surgery Center in Carrollton, Texas, discusses how her ASC strengthened its infection control and quality improvement programs.

Sentient Medical Systems, a Hunt Valley, Md.-based company that allows physicians to operate remote intraoperative monitoring of a patient's nervous system during brain and spinal surgeries, has agreed to pay the federal government $2.7 million to settle allegations that it…

In a study published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, researchers sought to find the most effective methods for preventing healthcare-association infections such as Clostridium difficile, according to the study's abstract.

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) is a founding sponsor of the new Becker's ASC Quality, Safety & Infection Control E-Weekly.