Today's Top 20 Stories

  1. Missouri physician pleads guilty in $1.4M fraud scheme

    Cameron Cortigiano -
    A physician in St. Peters, Mo., pleaded guilty to his role in a conspiracy to make false statements resulting in more than $1.4 million in Medicare and Medicaid fraud.

  2. Private equity has its eyes on gastroenterology. Here's why.

    Riz Hatton -
    Private equity has staked its claim in gastroenterology.

  3. 1st Baptist Health, Compass Surgical ASC to open in Jacksonville

    Claire Wallace -
    Jacksonville Beach, Fla.-based Horizon Surgery Center — the first joint ASC between Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health and ASC management organization Compass Surgical Partners — is set to open in early February, according to a Feb. 4 report from Jacksonville.com. 

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  1. Cost of the 10 most common ASC procedures

    Claire Wallace -
    Ophthalmic and gastrointestinal procedures are among the most common procedures performed at ASCs, according to 2023 data from Definitive Healthcare. 

  2. Alabama ASC performs 1st total knee replacement

    Claire Wallace -
    Infirmary Health's Daphne (Ala.) Surgery Center has completed its first total knee replacement surgery, led by Gulf Orthopaedics surgeon Jay Savage, MD, according to a Feb. 2 report from Gulf Coast Media.

  3. Why 4 hospitals are closing and what it means for ASCs

    Riz Hatton -
    Hospitals are continuing to close due to mounting financial pressures and operational challenges.

  4. Court throws out conviction of physician who prescribed 500K opioids

    Patsy Newitt -
    Martinsville, Va.-based physician Joel Smithers, MD, who in 2019 was convicted of prescribing more than 500,000 opioid doses in less than two years, had that conviction and his 40-year prison sentence thrown out, Reuters reported Feb. 2. 

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  1. Fee-for-service model still reigns supreme

    Riz Hatton -
    Forty-six percent of physicians participate in the fee-for-service payment model, according to Medscape's "Physician Compensation Report 2023."

  2. Gastro Health partners with Gastroenterology and Nutrition Specialists

    Riz Hatton -
    Gastro Health has finalized a partnership with Gastroenterology and Nutrition Specialists in Orlando, Fla.

  3. Administrator pay in 2024: 5 stats to know

    Paige Haeffele -
    Here are five statistics providing insight into how healthcare administrators in outpatient care centers are compensated:

  4. 11 healthcare legal cases making headlines

    Paige Haeffele -
    Here are 11 court cases involving the healthcare industry to know, as reported by Becker's since Jan. 25:

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  1. 5 highest paid cardiologists in Nashville

    Cameron Cortigiano -
    The highest paid cardiologist in Nashville, Tenn., earns $819,800, according to Medscape's salary reporter tool, which is much higher than the mean annual wage of $421,330 cardiologists make according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

  2. Pain physician pleads guilty to kickback scheme 

    Patsy Newitt -
    A pain management physician along with three others pleaded guilty for their roles in a scheme involving kickbacks for toxicology tests. 

  3. The Tenet, HCA & Optum deals shifting the ASC industry in 2024

    Patsy Newitt -
    Here are four major deals from three of the largest ASC operators in the country so far in 2024:

  4. Who's participating in value-based care?

    Riz Hatton -
    Despite its growing popularity, only 14% of physicians participate in the value-based payment model, according to Medscape's "Physician Compensation Report 2023."

  5. 10 ways ASCs can counteract rising supply costs

    Paige Haeffele -
    Seemingly endless supply disruptions, rising costs of supplies and labor and decreasing reimbursements are just some of the challenges ASCs have to contend with in 2024.

  6. Unifeye Vision Partners teams up with California ASC

    Cameron Cortigiano -
    Dallas-based Unifeye Vision Partners entered into a strategic alliance with Spencer Eye Center.

  7. Cedars-Sinai anesthesiologists unionize

    Claire Wallace -
    All part-time and full-time anesthesiologists at Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai's Beverly Anesthesiology have unionized.

  8. Business students tackle Piedmont's ASC problem

    Claire Wallace -
    Atlanta-based Piedmont Hospital recently tasked a group of business students with determining how the hospital could stop losing so much of its surgical business to ASCs in the area, according to a Feb. 2 report from Technique.

  9. HCA continues to target ASCs in 2024

    Paige Haeffele -
    Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare set its sights on outpatient care in 2023 — and based on the health system's recent activity, 2024 is no different. 

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