Category: ASC News

A former Pennsylvania healthcare executive was sentenced to 30 months in prison for conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and defrauding Medicare. 

A Fairfax, Va.-based OB-GYN pleaded guilty and agreed to pay a total of $5.3 million for obstructing the IRS by underreporting income and filing false tax returns. 

Physician staffing firms American Physician Partners and Envision both had a tough 2023.

Forty-six percent of physicians said they expect retiring from medicine to feel like losing a part of their identity, according to a survey by Medscape. 

CVS Health-backed insurer Aetna, the second-largest insurer in the U.S. by membership, has had an eventful year. 

Here are three trends impacting the ASC landscape that Becker’s covered throughout 2023:

Here are five moves in 2023 involving ASCs and management companies that leaders should know:

In 2023, hundreds of bills were introduced across the nation dealing with scope creep of nonphysician providers, including advanced practice registered nurses, optometrists, psychologists, naturopaths, pharmacists, physician assistants and athletic tra…

The use of robots in surgical procedures can provide many benefits, such as improved accuracy and precision, shorter downtime for patients and increased efficiency. As more ASCs incorporate surgical robots into their practices, some leaders say they ar…

The largest percentage of physicians plan to retire from medicine in their mid to late 60s, according to Medscape’s 2023 “Physicians Eye Retirement Report,” published Dec. 14.