Category: ASC News

California health system gets $5.1 million grant to tackle physician shortage

San Bernardino, Calif.-based Social Action Community Health System, a system within Inland Empire Health Plan, received more than $5 million in grant funding to address physician shortages, KTLA 5 reported Nov. 18. 

AAAHC taps new board, directors

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, the largest ambulatory healthcare accreditor, has named new board officers and two elected directors for the 2024-to-2025 season. 

Trump's HHS nominee: 8 things to know

On Nov. 14, President-elect Donald Trump named Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services.

TriHealth Physician Partners suffers data breach

Cincinnati-based TriHealth Physician Partners filed a notice of a data breach with the Attorney General of Massachusetts Nov. 6, according to a Nov. 18 report by JD Supra. 

The dire state of 'transparency' in healthcare

Transparency is a healthcare buzzword used in a number of broad contexts, but frequently appears in discourse about the relationship among physicians, payers and patients. 

Inova agrees to pay $2.4 million for self-disclosed false claims

Falls Church, Va.-based Inova Health System agreed to pay $2.37 million to settle allegations it submitted improperly modified claims to Medicaid.  

The 25 best universities in America

For the second year in a row, Princeton (N.J.) University has been named the top college in America by Forbes, according to the list published in November. 

Pharmaceutical company, CEO to pay $47M for kickbacks 

Pharmaceutical company QOL Medical and its CEO Frederick Cooper have agreed to pay $47 million to settle allegations they offered kickbacks to promote claims for a QOL drug.

New York physician pleads guilty to accepting kickbacks for unnecessary brain scans

A physician in East Setauket, N.Y., has pleaded guilty to accepting kickbacks for ordering medically unnecessary brain scans.

UVM to shutter facilities, lay off staff amid $100M in budget cuts

In October, the University of Vermont Medical Center paused construction on a planned $129 million outpatient surgery center in South Burlington, Vt., following budget constraints.