A physician based in Fredericksburg, Texas, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and ordered to pay $26.6 million in restitution for his involvement in a $70 million Medicare fraud scheme.
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Sutter Health enters $1B partnership with GE HealthCare
Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health has entered into a seven-year partnership with Arlington Heights, Ill.-based GE HealthCare to enhance imaging services across California.
Florida medical device company ordered to pay $1.1M to Washington state
Clearwater, Fla.-based Lincare, a medical equipment company, has been ordered to pay $1.15 million to reimburse Washington’s Medicaid program for alleged fraudulent overbilling of leased oxygen equipment.
Why nurse practitioner is the best job in healthcare, again
U.S. News & World Report has named the role of nurse practitioner as the best job in the U.S. for 2025 for the second year in a row.
7 states expanding their CRNA workforce
Currently, certified registered nurse anesthetists provide a large percent of anesthesia services nationwide annually, especially in rural areas.
What a medical coder looks for in an AI platform
Dawson Ballard, a coding auditor and educator for Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center who has more than 20 years experience in the profession, sees artificial intelligence coding platforms as beneficial.
Louisiana chiropractor convicted for $3.2M healthcare fraud scheme
Slidell, La.-based chiropractor Dennis Peyroux pleaded guilty on Jan. 8 to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, admitting to a $3.2 million scheme that billed Medicare for over-the-counter COVID-19 test kits that were not requested.
5 up-and-coming ASC projects to know in 2025
Here are five ASC companies, facilities and joint ventures to watch in 2025, as reported by Becker’s:
Atrium Health Wake Forest earns state approval for outpatient center
Winston Salem, N.C.-based Atrium Health Wake Forest (N.C.) Baptist has received state approval to open a $25 million ASC, the Winston-Salem Journal reported Jan. 15.
Iowa governor seeks $150 million to train 460 physicians
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds used her condition-of-the-state address to direct the state’s Department of Health and Human Services to seek more than $150 million in federal funds to train around 460 physicians in the state.
