Two business owners have pleaded guilty to buying and selling fake physician orders used to obtain more than $1.5 million in fraudulent Medicare payments.
Category: ASC News
6 false claims cases making headlines
Here are six cases centering on False Claims Act violations, as reported by Becker’s since Oct. 2:
'Victims of the corporate practice of medicine': Physicians' biggest threat
Marsha Haley, MD, clinical assistant professor of radiation oncology at the University of Pittsburgh, joined Becker’s to discuss the biggest threats to physicians and the effect of hospital closures.
Data breaches are surging: How ASCs can protect themselves
Eighty-seven million patients in the U.S. have had confidential health information breached in 2023 so far, more than double that of last year, according to a report by Atlas VPN, an internet encryption company.
Former Optum employee sentenced to pay $13M for fraud scheme
A former Optum employee will pay $13 million and serve two years of probation for his role in a healthcare fraud scheme.
What J&J's new surgical robot could mean for ASCs
Johnson & Johnson MedTech plans to submit its Ottava robotic surgical system for an investigational device exemption application to the FDA in the second half of 2024 to begin clinical trials.
3 physician tax evasion cases in 2 months
Here are three lawsuits involving physicians evading or allegedly evading taxes that Becker’s has covered since Sept. 15:
California clinic owner pleads guilty to $1.5M in false claims
A California clinic owner pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud and aggravated identity theft for submitting more than $1.5 million in false claims for sleep studies.
Clinic owner convicted in $62M fraud scheme
New Orleans-based hospice facility owner Shiva Akula has been convicted in a $62 million healthcare fraud scheme.
9 ASC supergroups' number of facilities
Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International tops the list of management organizations with the highest number of ASC partners in 2023.
