Category: ASC News

Physician found guilty for $1.5M fraud scheme

Eureka, Ill.-based chiropractor Carrie Musselman was found guilty for a $1.5 million scheme that defrauded Medicare and other major insurance companies. 

Shuttered Colorado ASC files for bankruptcy in face of $1M lawsuit

The Urology Center of Colorado, based in Denver, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy Feb. 13 in the wake of a $1 million lawsuit from an Iowa-based data security company. 

107 customer refund checks stolen from Pennsylvania ASC

Customer refund checks totaling $55,831 have been stolen from a surgical center in Transfer, Pa., according to a Feb. 25 report from NBC affiliate WFMJ.

7 healthcare union updates in February

Here are seven updates on healthcare unionization efforts in February, as reported by Becker’s:

The ASC specialties poised to change the most

Amid rapid advancements in technology and increased demand for outpatient procedures, change has become a near constant in the ASC industry. 

3 ASC, physician practice data breaches in 2025

Here are three data breaches reported by ASCs and physician practices so far in 2025:

Massachusetts ASC ordered to vacate former Steward-owned medical office building

Tenants of a three-story medical office building in Dorchester, Mass., including Lower Mills Surgery Center, have been ordered to vacate by May, according to a Feb. 25 report from the Dorchester Reporter.

Trump signs executive order on price transparency: 5 things to know

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Feb. 25 targeted at boosting healthcare price transparency. 

SurgCenter founder joins cellular medicine developer

Gregory George, MD, PhD, founder and former manager of SurgCenter Development, the largest privately owned ASC company in the U.S., has joined Mesoblast Limited’s board.

Trump's FTC nominee vows to focus on noncompetes

Mark Meador, President Donald Trump’s nominee to fill the third Republican seat on the five-member Federal Trade Commission, recently told a Senate panel that the agency will focus on technology regulation and noncompete agreements in employment contra…