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.
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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.
Updated osteoporosis guidelines: 4 highlights
Clinicians should screen women 65 and older for bone density and osteoporosis, according to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
Interim OHSU Health CEO exits after 5 weeks
Ann Madden Rice, interim CEO of OHSU Health, the health system affiliated with Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University, is no longer at the helm, a spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s.
