Category: ASC News

Here are five gastroenterology-focused groups that opened new treatment facilities in the last five weeks, as reported by Becker’s since May 6:

Five people were arrested in Los Angeles for their involvement in a scheme to defraud Medicare of more than $15 million through sham hospice companies.

A Natick, Mass., psychiatrist was sentenced to eight years and three months in prison for a $19 million Medicare and private insurance fraud scheme. 

On May 28, a public hearing began over a contested ASC in Hoover, Ala., proposed by Healthcare Resources and the Hoover Health Care Authority in November. 

Physician assistants earn an average base salary of $131,000 in 2024, up from $122,000 in 2023, according to Medscape’s 2024 “Physician Assistant Compensation Report,” published June 7. 

New physicians are making more post-residency than they were in 2019, according to the Medical Group Management Association’s “Provider Compensation and Productivity Data Report.”

Thirty-two hospitals and health systems have announced plans to lay off employees so far in 2024, which could create a larger talent pool for ASCs and private practices. 

As value-based care becomes commonplace throughout the U.S. healthcare system, physicians and practices are learning how to lean into the trend. 

A multistate chronic pain physician group has agreed to pay $14.9 million to resolve claims it knowingly submitted claims that were not provided in conformity with Medicare, Medicaid and Tricare requirements. 

A former Texas emergency room physician was sentenced to 33 years for sexual abuse of a child over a seven-year period, CBS 19 reported June 5.