Below are five ASC acquisitions, affiliations and partnerships that Becker’s has covered since May 3:
Category: ASC News
New York physician to pay $600K to settle false billing claims
A Dansville, N.Y.-based physician has agreed to pay $602,662.61 to resolve allegations that he billed CMS for procedures that were never performed, WETM reported June 7.
Why health execs like to hire temporary physicians
Sixty-five percent of providers used temporary physicians to allow for the continual treatment of patients, according to AMN Healthcare’s “2022 Survey of Locum Tenens.”
ASC group IT breach: 2 million people affected
A hacker stole data from ASC and imaging group Shields Health Care, jeopardizing the personal information of 2 million people across 56 practices and facilities in New England.
Physician deemed a ‘high risk’ to the public says medical board is using ‘phony’ evaluation
An Iowa physician who has been deemed a high risk to the public said a state licensing board has used a “phony” competency evaluation to discipline him, the Globe Gazette reported June 5.
AMA’s 10 ways to overhaul Medicare’s physician payment system
The American Medical Association endorsed 10 ways to reform the Medicare physician payment system, in a June 3 website post.
The 2 factors determining ASC success
ASC success boils down to CMS policy and cost management, according to Sandy Berreth, RN, administrator at Foothill Surgery Center in Santa Barbara, Calif. Below, she discusses those factors surgery centers can control and those they can’t.
Inflation is expected to drop later this year: Will ASCs catch a break?
U.S. inflation, which recently hit a 40-year apex of 8.5 percent, is expected to cool later this year and into 2023, the Congressional Budget Office said recently, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Owner, partner or employee: What’s the most attractive to young physicians?
Young physicians are entering the job field with three employment options: owner, employee or partner, the American Medical Association laid out in a June 2 post.
American College of Surgeons speaks out after 2 surgeons killed at mass shooting at ASC building
The American College of Surgeons held a June 2 press conference to discuss the gun violence crisis, less than a day after a spine patient shot and killed his surgeon and three others in a Tulsa, Okla., building that housed an ASC.
