Valentyna Glushenko, MD, and Arkady Glushenko, MD, a husband and wife physician duo, are running a front-line hospital in Slovyansk, Ukraine, The Washington Post reported June 11.
Category: ASC News
Whistleblowers win $1.75M in physician’s $9.5M Medicare fraud settlement
Minas Kochumian, MD, paid $9.49 million to settle allegations that he submitted false claims to CMS and Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program, for procedures and tests that were never performed, the Justice Department said June 10.
Here’s what’s drawing patients to ASCs
From physician influence to fear of COVID-19 infection, 17 ASC leaders joined Becker’s to discuss what’s drawing patients to ASCs over hospitals.
CVS in the headlines: 4 moves for ASC leaders
Since April 1, CVS Health has let go of a subsidiary and requested a state bill be vetoed over concerns it would raise drug costs.
UnitedHealth in the headlines: 5 updates in 60 days
UnitedHealth Group, parent company of ASC management company United Surgical Partners International, saw three lawsuits filed against it since April 1.
6 federal healthcare updates
Six federal healthcare updates Becker’s has covered since May 27:
The downsides to temporary physicians
Eighty-five percent of providers cited cost as a drawback to hiring temporary physicians, according to AMN Healthcare’s “2022 Survey of Locum Tenens.”
Single-payer healthcare system is best, most physicians say
About 70 percent of physicians think some version of a single-payer healthcare system is best for the U.S., according to Medscape’s “Physicians’ Views on Today’s Divisive Social Issues Report 2022.”
2 of 3 ASCs fully owned by physicians: 5 industry notes
About 66 percent of surgery centers are wholly owned by physicians, with the rest of the market owned solely or in collaboration with hospitals and corporations, according to a June report from Definitive Healthcare.
USPI, Surgery Partners & more: 19 company moves in 2022
Below are 17 stories Becker’s has reported on in 2022 involving United Surgical Partners International, Surgery Partners and Surgical Care Affiliates.
