Lawmakers have unveiled a comprehensive government funding deal that includes a substantial healthcare package — proposing a temporary 2.5% increase to the Medicare physician fee schedule for 2025.
Category: Becker’s ASC Review
1st outpatient cardiac catheterization lab opens in Virginia
Richmond-based Virginia Cardiovascular Specialists has opened the state’s first freestanding, Medicare-certified outpatient cardiac catheterization lab within VCS’ Heart and Vascular Center, an ASC.
A new gold standard for anesthesia care
As the landscape of anesthesia continues to shift with new technologies, high demand for services and provider shortages, anesthesia groups are developing new strategies to meet the industry’s dynamic needs.
ASCs to 'drive' Tenet success in 2025
As Tenet Healthcare Corp. braces for 2025, outpatient investments, including ASCs, will likely be key drivers of the company’s financial success in the new year.
California physician pleads guilty to stealing from workers' comp fund
Kevin Do, MD, a physician in Pasadena, Calif., agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to defraud the California workers’ compensation fund of more than $3 million.
RFK Jr. meets with senators in DC leading up to confirmation hearing
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for HSS secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has begun meeting with Republican senators on Capitol Hill ahead of his confirmation hearing, according to a Dec. 16 report from NBC News.
Connecticut to pay off medical debt for 23,000 residents
Connecticut will become the first state to begin paying off resident medical debt, according to a Dec. 17 report from Boston.com.
Texas physician pleads guilty in $5.5M COVID fraud
Mark Mazzare, MD, a physician in Tyler, Texas, has pleaded guilty to his role in a $5.5 million over-the-counter COVID-19 test fraud scheme.
4 cardiology data breaches in 2024
Here are four data breaches and privacy events affecting cardiology practices in 2024, as reported by Becker’s.
The biggest misconception of anesthesia reimbursement, compensation
In light of the recent controversy surrounding Anthem’s reversal of proposed policy changes on anesthesia reimbursement, the conversation around compensation and coverage has taken on renewed urgency.
