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Here are five physicians who have agreed to settle kickback allegations that Becker's has reported on since Sept. 22: 

Waxhaw, N.C.-based physician Henry Emery Jr., MD, was charged with distributing controlled substances. 

Here are four hospitals that have closed or filed for bankruptcies in September:

Massachusetts has been named the best state in the U.S. for small businesses, with a three-year small business survival rate of 64.96 percent, according to data from business analysis company Capital on Tap. 

Miami, Fla.-based nurse practitioner Elizabeth Hernandez has been convicted of submitting more than $200 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare for unnecessary genetic testing and medical equipment, according to a Sept. 27 report from Medscape. 

A South Carolina physician and his practice have agreed to pay $585,540 to resolve False Claims Act allegations that they received illegal kickbacks for referring patients for laboratory testing.

As a government shutdown looms, with Congress not expected to pass appropriations for the fiscal year beginning on Oct. 1, many patients and physicians are left wondering how the action will impact healthcare, especially for federally funded programs. 

While advocacy and physician groups alike, including the American Medical Association, are calling on CMS to rethink much of its 2,000 page 2024 Medicare physician payment schedule document, including its 3.36 percent physician pay cut, there are a handful of…

Anthony Hao Dinh, DO, an ENT based in Newport Beach, Calif., was charged with 18 counts for his role in defrauding a federal COVID-19 program for uninsured patients of more than $153 million.

Nurses at Poughkeepsie, N.Y.-based Vassar Brothers Medical Center, an affiliate of Nuvance Health, are protesting the potential elimination of ambulatory surgery nurse jobs and IV nurse positions at the system, according to a Sept. 29 report from the Times Union.