Becker’s ASC

Westerville-based Central Ohio Primary Care Physicians is set to notify more than 1.4 million individuals who were impacted in a data breach, according to an Oct. 16 report from NBC affiliate WCMH. The data breach was discovered on Aug. 25th,…

ASCs that uncover potential criminal fraud within their operations now have one place to report it and still receive credit from two federal agencies. The Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division and HHS’ Office of Inspector General issued a policy…

The No Surprises Act was built to take patients out of the middle of out-of-network billing fights. The arbitration process it created to settle those fights between insurers and providers has since become a fight of its own. Over the…

Seventy-seven percent of medical students and 74% of residents reported carrying debt from medical school, compared with 30% of practicing physicians, according to Medscape’s “Medical School Debt-Management Report 2026.” The report, published Oct. 16, is based on an online survey…

Stamford, Conn.-based physician Steven Murphy, MD, and his practices, Murphy Medical Associates and Diagnostic and Medical Specialists of Greenwich (Conn.), have agreed to pay $866,539 to resolve allegations of COVID-19-related and healthcare fraud, according to an Oct. 16 news release…

CMS has approved B. Braun Medical’s Stimuplex Single-Shot Nerve Block Needles for separate Medicare payment under the Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction in the Nation (NOPAIN) Act, effective retroactively to April 30. The devices qualify as non-opioid medical devices under the law,…

CMS’ final 2026 outpatient payment rule added 560 codes to the ASC covered procedures list and began a three-year sunset of the inpatient-only list. The changes widened the pool of cases ASCs can take. Health systems want the same cases.…

Many ASCs are paying anesthesia groups coverage subsidies to keep their ORs staffed. Casper (Wyo.) Surgical Center has never paid one in its 26 years. The share of ASCs expecting to pay anesthesia stipends jumped from 28% in 2024 to…