Category: ASC News

A physician in St. Peters, Mo., pleaded guilty to his role in a conspiracy to make false statements resulting in more than $1.4 million in Medicare and Medicaid fraud.

Ophthalmic and gastrointestinal procedures are among the most common procedures performed at ASCs, according to 2023 data from Definitive Healthcare. 

Hospitals are continuing to close due to mounting financial pressures and operational challenges.

Martinsville, Va.-based physician Joel Smithers, MD, who in 2019 was convicted of prescribing more than 500,000 opioid doses in less than two years, had that conviction and his 40-year prison sentence thrown out, Reuters reported Feb. 2. 

Here are five statistics providing insight into how healthcare administrators in outpatient care centers are compensated:

Here are 11 court cases involving the healthcare industry to know, as reported by Becker’s since Jan. 25:

A pain management physician along with three others pleaded guilty for their roles in a scheme involving kickbacks for toxicology tests. 

Seemingly endless supply disruptions, rising costs of supplies and labor and decreasing reimbursements are just some of the challenges ASCs have to contend with in 2024.

Atlanta-based Piedmont Hospital recently tasked a group of business students with determining how the hospital could stop losing so much of its surgical business to ASCs in the area, according to a Feb. 2 report from Technique.

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare set its sights on outpatient care in 2023 — and based on the health system’s recent activity, 2024 is no different.