Sage Transparency, a healthcare transparencydatabase from the Employee's Forum of Indiana, has named the ASCs charging the highest percentage above Medicare payments to commercial insurers in every state based on the facility's Medicare reimbursement rate.
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Sage Transparency, a healthcare transparency database from the Employee's Forum of Indiana, has named the ASCs charging the highest percent above Medicare payments to commercial insurers in every state based on the facility's Medicare reimbursement rate.
Former St. Clair, Mich.-based physician Bernard Shelton, MD, was convicted for 21 counts of unlawful prescription drug distribution and a patient's overdose death, the Justice Department said March 31.
Atlanta-based Wellstar Health System and Augusta (Ga.) University Health System have signed a 40-year partnership agreement, in which Wellstar will provide $800 million to the university over 10 years, with part of the funding going toward a new ASC, according…
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Former physician Jeffrey Campbell and nurse practitioner Mark Dyer have been sentenced to prison following conviction on committing healthcare fraud, money laundering and unlawfully distributing controlled substances, the Justice Department reported March 30.
Oral surgery is the specialty with the largest pay gap between men and women, according to Doximity's 2023 "Physician Compensation Report."
Nursing shortages have impacted nearly every healthcare specialty since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, as burnout has remained high among all medical professionals.
Joseph Cutchin Jr., MD, founder of the first Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care-accredited ASC in Maryland, has died at 87, according to a March 30 obituary in The Dispatch.