A major cyberattack rocked the healthcare industry in February when Optum's Change Healthcare was hit by a ransomware gang that claims to have stolen massive amounts of patient data.
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Small, independent ASCs are facing several challenges in 2024, including competition for labor and rising wages, making it difficult for ASCs to compete with larger health systems.
Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, parent company of ASC giant United Surgical Partners International, is investing $450 million into growing its ambulatory business in 2024, according to its April 30 first-quarter earnings call.
Georgia has been named the worst state for healthcare by Forbes due to its failure to meet several key metrics spanning categories of healthcare access, healthcare outcomes, healthcare cost and quality of hospital care.
A laboratory marketer in addition to three physicians and their medical practices have agreed to pay a total of $1,373,400 to resolve alleged False Claims Act violations stemming from their involvement in laboratory kickback schemes.
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A cardiologist is suing St. Louis-based CoxHealth, alleging the system wrongfully terminated his privileges and reported that he was a threat to the public, the Springfield News-Leader reported April 30.
A Weston, Fla.-based physician was sentenced to 10 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for running a pill mill.
Washington is the best state for nurses, according to personal finance site WalletHub.
Here are three lawsuits involving ASCs that Becker's has reported on since April 4:
Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health has its sights set on the ASC market.