Category: ASC News

CMS recently released its 2025 physician payment rule, which included a 2.83% cut to physician payments, marking the fifth consecutive year of cuts. 

Two physicians and two medical practices in California, working together under one operation, have agreed to pay $10 million to resolve kickback and false claims allegations. 

Walmart, CVS and Walgreens faced major headwinds in 2024 as their efforts to push into primary care faltered. 

Certificate-of-need laws, which regulate the development of healthcare facilities, have been the subject of controversy in some states where healthcare leaders and legislators view them as stifling competition in the healthcare sector. 

An Elevance-backed healthcare company based in Puerto Rico — MMM Holdings — has agreed to pay more than $15 million to resolve allegations that it violated kickback laws through a gift card incentive program intended to induce Medicare enrollments…

Becker’s has reported on three physician fraud cases since Dec. 16. 

From gold card programs to reimbursement cuts, physicians across several specialties have clashed with payers over 2024 due to major policy changes. 

Here is a state-by-state breakdown of seven ASC closures Becker’s reported on in 2024:

A family medicine physician in Three Rivers, Mass., will pay $220,000 to settle allegations he prescribed controlled substances outside the usual course of professional practice.

Two Arizona residents have pleaded guilty to defrauding the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, Arizona’s Medicaid agency, through their behavioral health clinic.