Category: Becker’s ASC Review

This GI leader's secret to winning over payers

As value-based care gains momentum in gastroenterology, ASCs must prove their worth to payers — demonstrating cost savings, efficiency and superior patient outcomes. 

GI Alliance launches population health management program

Management services organization GI Alliance has launched a population health management program, which includes chronic care and principal care management programs.

Florida ophthalmologist retires, son takes over practice

Richard Cohen, MD, founder of Boca Raton, Fla.-based Cohen Laser and Vision Center, is retiring.

The federal policies ASC leaders are eyeing most

Along with the onset of a new presidential administration, ASCs are paying close attention to healthcare policymaking.

Feds charge Virginia hospital in 'rare' fraud case: Why it's a big deal

Chesapeake (Va.) Regional Medical Center has been indicted for allegations of healthcare fraud, among other claims, in a “rare move” that holds a hospital criminally liable for a physician’s misconduct, WilmerHale attorneys wrote in an article publishe…

30 physician practice bankruptcies since 2019

There have been 30 physician practice bankruptcies since 2019, according to a report on Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings from healthcare restructuring advisory firm Gibbins Advisors. 

Resilience in the Face of Fires: How Ambulatory Surgery Centers Survived and Supported Patients and Communities During the Recent Los Angeles Wildfires

In the face of the recent wildfires that destroyed many communities throughout the Los Angeles area, there were several ASCs that exemplified great resilience and a continued commitment to patient care and their communities. Centers were located in imp…

Resilience in the Face of Fires: How Ambulatory Surgery Centers Survived and Supported Patients and Communities During the Recent Los Angeles Wildfires

In the face of the recent wildfires that destroyed many communities throughout the Los Angeles area, there were several ASCs that exemplified great resilience and a continued commitment to patient care and their communities. Centers were located in imp…

Court rejects U.S. Anesthesia Partners' challenge to alleged MIPS 'miscalculation'

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the dismissal of U.S. Anesthesia Partners’ (lawsuit against the Department of HHS and CMS, which contested aspects of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System, according to court documents accessed by Becke…

Court rejects U.S. Anesthesia Partners' challenge to alleged MIPS 'miscalculation'

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the dismissal of U.S. Anesthesia Partners’ (lawsuit against the Department of HHS and CMS, which contested aspects of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System, according to court documents accessed by Becke…