Category: ASC News

Former physician Michael Ligotti was sentenced to 20 years in prison and ordered to surrender his medical license for a $746 million scheme involving substance abuse treatment centers, the U.S. Justice Department said Jan. 9. 

Medscape surveyed 744 self-employed physicians for its 2022 “Self-employed Physicians Report” on their experiences.

Scott Barkin, DO, a physician at Columbus-based Central Ohio Urology Group, an affiliate of U.S. Urology Partners, has performed the clinic’s 100th Aquablation procedure. 

About 85 percent of U.S. surgeons are using telehealth in some capacity, according to the American Medical Association’s “2021 Telehealth Survey Report,” with 80 percent saying telehealth gives patients better access to care. 

Orlando, Fla.-based Aventus Health has filed a class action complaint against United Healthcare for allegedly failing to reimburse Aventus for 35,000 COVID-19 tests.

Gist Healthcare, a healthcare consulting firm, has joined Kaufman Hall, a healthcare and higher education management consulting firm. 

On Dec. 24, the OhioHealth Balgreen medical office building was forced to close after experiencing water damage due to freezing temperatures, according to a Jan. 9 report from Mansfield News Journal. 

Pennsylvania state senators Camera Bartolotta and Lisa Boscola plan to refile a bill that will allow nurse practitioners to care for patients without collaboration agreements with physicians, the Morning Call reported Jan. 9.

Tehachapi, Calif.-based physician Susan Hall, MD, has been placed on a four-year probation following repeated negligent acts, Tehachapi News reported Jan. 7. 

Here are three physician fraud cases so far this year: