Category: Becker’s ASC Review

The states loosening restrictions for optometrists

These states are currently contemplating loosening practice restrictions for optometrists. 

Capital Area Cardiovascular Associates relocates

Camp Hill, Pa.-based Capital Area Cardiovascular Associates has relocated its Newport, Pa. office, according to a Sept. 25 report from Penn Live.

5 studies on the costs, risks of physician acquisition

Here are five studies examining the costs and risks associated with physician acquisitions and practice consolidations:

5 new studies shaping cardiology

Cardiology is one of healthcare’s fastest growing specialties. Here are five studies affecting the specialty right now:

Cigna in the headlines: 5 updates

Here are five updates on Cigna Healthcare in September, as reported by Becker’s:

Dr. Steven Lorch joins Modern Heart and Vascular

Humble, Texas-based Modern Heart and Vascular has added Steven Lorch, MD, to its staff.

Are healthcare PE firms losing their edge?

For years, healthcare has been a major area of focus for private-equity investment, driving strong trends of consolidation within the industry. But a recent market analysis report from Pitchbook shows that momentum in healthcare specialist funds may be…

Physicians could lose $25B with new CMS policy: Study 

Physicians could lose at least $25 billion in add-on payments for Part B drugs that could be part of the Inflation Reduction Act’s program to negotiate drugs, according to a recent study by Avalere. 

California clinic chain to pay $7.7M to settle fraud, unclaimed property allegations

U.S. Healthworks, a chain of occupational and urgent care clinics, has agreed to pay $7.7 million to settle allegations it knowingly withheld millions of dollars in unclaimed property from the state of California.

American Society of Anesthesiologists files trademark complaint against American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

The American Society of Anesthesiologists has filed a trademark complaint against the recently renamed American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology, alleging that its use of the word “anesthesiology” is “deceptively misdescriptive,” according to a Sept…