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Tennessee ASC temporarily closed to recover from 'sophisticated criminal cyberattack'
Murfreesboro (Tenn.) Medical Clinic and SurgiCenter closed its doors on May 1 to deal with the fallout from a “sophisticated criminal cyber-attack,” according to an alert posted on the ASC’s website.
Nvision acquires Texas ASC
Nvision Eye Centers has acquired San Antonio-based South Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center, located in the South Texas Medical Center.
Physician sentenced for billing Medicare $1.8M under false identity
Oakland County, Mich.-based podiatrist Kenneth Mitchell, DPM, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for his role in a $1.8 million healthcare fraud scheme wherein he billed Medicare under another physician’s name, the U.S. Justice Department said…
3 physicians suing their former employers
Here are three cases of physicians suing their former employers Becker’s ASC Review has covered since March 27:
US to end COVID-19 case count: 7 things to know
With the COVID-19 public health emergency ending on May 11, healthcare providers will see several changes, from care reimbursements to available data. One major change will be the disappearance of COVID-19 case tracking data, according to a May 5 repor…
Florida lawmakers pass bill banning optometrists from calling themselves physicians
Members of the Florida House of Representatives voted May 4 to pass a bill that would prevent healthcare providers who are not medical doctors or osteopathic physicians from referring to themselves as “physicians” in interactions with patients and adve…
Baylor Scott & White breaks ground on Texas ASC
Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health has broken ground on a new ASC on its College Station, Texas, campus, according to a May 4 report from CBS affiliate KBTX.
OSF HealthCare acquires majority interest in Illinois ASC
Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare has become the majority investor in Champaign, Ill.-based ASC Olympian Surgical Suites.
Iterative Health, Allied Digestive Health partner for clinical trial recruitment
Iterative Health, a gastroenterology medtech company, teamed up with West Long Branch, N.J. -based Allied Digestive Health to help with patient recruitment for inflammatory bowel disease clinical trials.
How the increase in Medicaid patients is affecting independent ASCs
ASCs in some areas of the country are experiencing an increase in publicly insured patients, changing the way they are able to meet margins.
