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California physician charged with $53M mail fraud and money laundering scheme
Los Banos, Calif.-based physician Sohail Mamdani, DO, was charged with mail fraud and money laundering in connection with a $53 million disability insurance fraud scheme, the U.S. Justice Department said Oct. 27.
ASC that closed due to ‘adverse business conditions’ struggling to collect payments
The Surgery Center of Fort Collins (Colo.) is working on collecting past due bills more than two months after it announced it was closing for good, according to BizWest reported Oct. 26.
Georgia spine ASC to implement AI-powered management tools
Spine Center Atlanta partnered with Ospitek, which provides artificial intelligence tools for patient pathway management and business intelligence.
Kaiser Permanente expands ASC presence: 3 updates this year
From a new Maryland ASC to a potential California addition, here are three ASC updates from Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente that Becker’s has reported on this year.
UnitedHealth vs. Centene vs. Elevance in Q3
Payers UnitedHealth, Elevance (formerly known as Anthem) and Centene are some of the largest insurers by membership.
Utah GI practice 1st to use digital pathology platform
Sandy, Utah-based Granite Peaks Gastroenterology is the first gastroenterology group to implement Lumea’s artificial intelligence-powered GI digital pathology platform.
SCA Health looking to fill 20 open CEO positions
SCA Health, an organization specializing in ambulatory surgery care, has 20 open CEO positions at affiliated practices nationwide.
8 states with over 20 USPI ASCs
United Surgical Partners International is the largest ambulatory surgery platform in the country, with 486 facilities nationwide.
Louisiana physician charged with illegally distributing opioids, adderall
Mansfield, La.-based physician Jeffrey Evans Jr., MD, and Debra Craig, a licensed practical nurse, were indicted by a federal grand jury for illegally obtaining and distributing opioids and adderall, the U.S. Justice Department said Oct. 26.
4 AmSurg ASCs named America’s best
Four AmSurg ASCs made Newsweek’s “America’s Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers,” which ranks 510 of the more than 5,000 Medicare-certified ASCs in the country.
