Site neutral payments for hospitals and surgery centers are on the horizon, but they may not have the positive impact ASC owners hoped for. Hospital outpatient departments are paid significantly more than surgery centers for the same services, and lawmakers are seeking to close the gap. Surgery center leaders have advocated for higher reimbursement, but […]
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CMS is adding prior authorization requirements for certain fee-for-service procedures under traditional Medicare as part of its new Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction model. A total of 17 procedures, identified by CMS as especially vulnerable to fraud, waste or overuse, will be subject to this change. Among the affected services are epidural steroid injections for […]
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Healthcare consulting group Sg2, a Vizient company, released its “2025 Impact of Change Forecast” on June 23, laying out several growth trends that will impact ASCs over the next 10 years. Here are 10 takeaways from the report: 1. The report projects total adult ASC volume to grow 21% over the next decade. 2. Gastroenterology, […]
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Physician pay jumped 4.9% in the last year, according to AMGA’s 2025 Medical Group Compensation and Productivity Survey. The organization gathered data from more than 184,000 providers in 500 medical groups. Here are five notes to know: 1. Medical specialists experienced a 4% increase in average compensation year over year, closely followed by surgical specialists […]
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In what the federal government called the “largest Justice Department healthcare fraud takedown in history,” 324 individuals — including 96 medical providers — have been arrested in connection with schemes that amount to $14.6 billion in fraud, according to a June 30 news release from the department. The investigations span billing fraud, kickbacks, opioid diversion, […]
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Across the healthcare landscape, prior authorization is undergoing significant changes aimed at reducing administrative burden and expediting care delivery. Here are three major updates to know: 1. Nearly 50 health insurers, representing commercial, Medicare Advantage and managed Medicaid plans covering 257 million Americans, have committed to simplifying and standardizing the process. Participating payers have pledged […]
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A Washington, D.C., physician has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for illegally prescribing narcotics in exchange for cash, the Justice Department said in a June 26 news release. What happened?
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A Bloomfield, Mich.-based physician was sentenced to four years in prison for a $6.3 million Medicare fraud scheme involving medically unnecessary orthotic braces, the Justice Department said in a June 26 news release. What happened?
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Here are four physician fraud cases Becker’s has reported on since June 17: 1. Columbus, Ohio-based Robert Florea, MD, was sentenced to 24 months in prison for a $1.5 million Medicaid fraud scheme. Dr. Florea fraudulently billed the Ohio Department of Medicaid for over 5,100 pieces of medical equipment, primarily braces for joints and back […]
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Columbus, Ohio-based physician was sentenced to 24 months in prison for a $1.5 million Medicaid fraud scheme, the Ohio Attorney General said in a June 25 news release. What happened?
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