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Dallas-based U.S. Anesthesia Partners has reached settlements in principle in two proposed class action lawsuits alleging it overcharged Texas patients and health plans for anesthesia. The parties disclosed the agreements in notices filed Oct. 30 in the U.S. District Court…

University of Miami Health System, known as UHealth, acquired Physicians Group of South Florida, effective Nov. 2. The deal moved the North Miami practice’s three gastroenterologists to UHealth SoLé Mia Medical Center. David Cohen, MD, Arin Newman, MD, and Daniel…

Dallas-based Lincoln Property Company and PGIM acquired the SOBO Medical Building, a 52,410-square-foot outpatient medical building and surgery center in Boerne, Texas. The building opened in 2019, is about 93% leased, and its anchor tenants are Baptist Health System and…

Vision Innovation Partners has opened the Maryland Vision Institute Surgical Center, an ophthalmology ASC in Frederick, Md. The Annapolis, Md.-based eye care platform announced the opening Nov. 2. The ASC handles only outpatient eye surgery. It offers cataract and lens…

Syed Kablazada of Des Plaines, Ill., pleaded guilty Oct. 30 to two counts of healthcare fraud in a $227 million Medicare fraud scheme that billed for COVID-19 test kits beneficiaries never requested or received. Over six months starting in January…

CMS is expected to release its final calendar year 2027 outpatient and ASC payment rule in early November, with rates taking effect Jan. 1. The proposed rule, released July 2, would raise ASC payment rates 2.4% on average and add…

Three gastroenterology practices in Gainesville, Manassas and Warrenton, Va., that were formerly operated by OneGI have joined UVA Health, according to a Nov. 2 news release shared with Becker’s. The practices’ physicians, advanced practice providers and staff are joining UVA…

ASC leaders gathered Oct. 29-31 in Chicago for Becker’s 32nd Annual: The Business and Operations of ASCs, where talk of falling reimbursement, rising labor costs and deeper health system involvement dominated the discussion.  Here are 10 major trends from the…