ASC News

Nine Cigna updates over the last 60 days:

A New York City-based physician was convicted of billing Medicare and Medicaid for procedures that were not performed, the U.S. Justice Department said July 8. 

Almost three out of four physicians are employed by hospitals, health systems or other corporate entities such as insurers and private equity firms, while staff shortages that have recently plagued the healthcare system are expected to worsen in the coming…

The Northeast has the highest malpractice premiums in the country, according to Medical Economics' "2022 Physician Report" released June 16. 

The U.S. Supreme Court clarified June 27 what the "knowingly or intentionally” standard is for prosecutions against physicians accused of overprescribing medication, according to an article in JDSupra.

In the last month, Becker's has reported on at least three physicians who have come under fire for illegally prescribing drugs. 

Physicians are baffled by Medicare's physician fee schedule proposed rule for 2023, which would reduce the conversion factor by 4.42 percent to $33.08 and potentially decrease older adults' access to care.

Weirton (W.Va.) Medical Center has agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated physician self-referral laws, the U.S. Justice Department said July 7.  

Some of the bureaucratic red tape that Pennsylvania surgery centers face will be stripped away once Gov. Tom Wolf signs legislation two years in the making, wearecentralpa.com reported July 7.

A Rockland, N.Y.-based physician has blamed his bankruptcy on Fidelis Care health insurance and Spring Valley, N.Y.-based Refuah Health Center, Westchester & Fairfield County Business Journals reported June 7.