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.
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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.
10 states with the highest, lowest total cost per smoker
The true per-person cost of smoking is highest in New York and lowest in South Carolina, according to a WalletHub analysis published Jan. 15.
Why this Indiana system invests in spiritual care
Some hospitals are beginning to embrace spiritual support programs for patients, but few go as deep as the Congregational Care Network at Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health System, NPR reported Jan. 14.
Rhode Island hospital expands to fill post-pandemic behavioral health access gaps
Care New England Health System always and continually strove to provide an efficient, full continuum of behavioral health services across its organization. However, the heightened, pandemic-driven rise in demand truly underscored the critical nee…
GI Quality Improvement Consortium adds president
Colleen Schmitt, MD, has been named president of the GI Quality Improvement Consortium, an endoscopic registry and GI benchmarking tool that is jointly managed by the American College of Gastroenterology and the American Society for Gastrointestinal En…
