Here are seven ASC development and activity updates taking place in the Midwest that Becker’s has reported on since July 17, including openings, approvals and proposals:
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Parkview Health opens $11M Indiana ASC
Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Health has broken ground on an ASC in Warsaw, Ind., inside of a facility that will house Parkview Kosciusko SurgeryONE, Ortho NorthEast clinic and Parkview Physicians Group — Primary Care clinic, according to an Aug. 20 …
Jury awards $25M to family of patient who died, clears gastroenterologist
A jury in Portland, Ore., has awarded over $24.6 million to the family of a patient who died during a colonoscopy in 2018, reported Law360 Aug. 19.
Where Optum is laying off employees
Optum has shuttered several clinics and terminated its telehealth business in 2024.
Sentara Health to open cardiac ASC
Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Health is establishing a new ambulatory heart and vascular center near its Woodbridge hospital, according to an Aug. 19 report from the Washington Business Journal.
California system back online 4 months after cyberattack
Poway, Calif.-based Palomar Medical Group has restored its digital systems after a cyberattack hit the provider in May, according to an Aug. 19 report from the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Physician practice owners admit to false claims scheme, must pay $600K
A Newburgh, N.Y.-based family medicine practice and its two physician owners have admitted to submitting claims for services rendered by nurse practitioners and physician assistants not enrolled with Medicare and Medicaid with no physician involvement….
ASCs pushed to 'breaking point' as chasm grows between reimbursement, costs
ASCs are facing an increasing disparity between practice costs and reimbursements.
59% of physicians say productivity-based pay is 'unfair'
Most physicians expressed disapproval of relative value unit-based pay in Medscape’s 2024 “Physicians and RVUs Report.”
CMS inks final 2025 rules for hospitals: What ASCs need to know
On Aug. 1, CMS released the nearly 3,000-page final rules on reimbursement and other inpatient issues, according to an Aug. 7 blog post by Coronis Health.
