A ransomware attack forced the permanent closure of Alpha Wellness and Alpha Medical Centre, a physician practice based in Alpharetta, Ga., on April 18, The HIPAA Journal reported July 21. What happened? “We are deeply saddened to share that Alpha…
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Rapid City, S.D.-based Same Day Surgery Center is introducing the first da Vinci 5 robotic surgery program to western South Dakota, expanding access to minimally invasive procedures, according to a July 8 news report from keloland.com. The new robotic system…
Patients are less trusting of physicians who use AI, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open July 17. For the study, which took place in January, researchers created a sample of 1,276 U.S. adults based on the 2021…
A Las Vegas nurse practitioner has pleaded guilty to participating in a healthcare fraud scheme involving medically unnecessary amniotic wound allografts in exchange for kickbacks, according to a July 16 news release from the Justice Department. What happened?
Here are four cases involving alleged Stark law violations Becker’s has reported on in 2025: 1. Buffalo, N.Y.-based Catholic Health System agreed to pay more than $3.29 million to settle allegations that it submitted false Medicare claims in violation of…
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Surgical coordination remains one of healthcare’s most persistently complex challenges. It relies on a small group of highly skilled yet frequently overstretched staff who must navigate a maze of manual, error-prone workflows — from payer authorizations and medical clearances to…
Aspen (Calif.) Surgery Center is facing a class action lawsuit alleging it failed to compensate employees for time worked off-the-clock, according to a July 14 news release from attorneys. What happened? Becker’s has reached out to the surgery center and…
Here are 10 things to know about the proposed changes to CMS payments for physicians: 1. Beginning in 2026, CMS will have two separate conversation factors in its physician fee schedule. The first will be for qualifying alternative payment model…
Sanjay Mehta, DO, a physician of Shady Spring, W.Va., pleaded guilty to three counts of aiding and abetting obtaining a controlled substance by fraud. Dr. Mehta worked at HOPE Clinics in West Virginia from November 2012 through May 2015. Dr.…
A former nurse at the Oregon Eye Surgery Center in Eugene was sentenced to one year of federal supervision for stealing nearly 300 vials of fentanyl from her employer. According to court documents, Sara Lay, RN, pleaded guilty to obtaining …