Category: ASC News

On Dec. 21, President Joe Biden signed a spending bill to keep the federal government operating into 2025, leaving the planned 2.83% across-the-board Medicare physician payment cut untouched. 

ConnectOnCall, a Delaware-based subsidiary of healthcare software company Phreesia, has suffered a data breach affecting up to 914,138 individuals. 

SCA Health’s Permineter Surgery Center in Atlanta closed Dec. 20, according to a notice on SCA Health’s website. 

Russel, Pa.-based Pine Grove Ambulatory Surgery Center unexpectedly closed Dec. 19, according to a statement on its Facebook page. 

A former Huntsville, Ala., family physician and her wife were sentenced in federal court for drug crimes, healthcare fraud and COVID-19 disaster relief fraud Dec. 18, WHNT reported Dec. 19. 

Cyberattacks and data breaches have become increasingly common across the healthcare sector, a trend that is likely to continue into 2025.

Physicians are protesting the planned closure of Sharon (Pa.) Regional Medical Center, according to a Dec. 17 report from WKBN.

Fairfax, Va.-based Inova Northern Virginia Surgery Center has agreed to pay $50,000 to resolve a lawsuit with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which claimed the ASCillegally fired an employee because of her disability and age. 

Around 54% of U.S. residents state that they are “comfortable and prepared to support” President-elect Donald Trump when he is inaugurated in January, according to the CNBC All-America Economic Survey.

Bankruptcies in healthcare hit a five-year high in 2023, when 12 hospitals and health systems filed for bankruptcy. This trend has slowed in 2024, as average operating margins have improved across the hospital sector.