The Leapfrog Group, a quality and patient safety watchdog, assessed ASCs for quality standards across performance indicators including staffing, patient experience, hand hygiene, surgical checklist protocols and error prevention.
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Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealth Group, parent company of physician group Optum Health, has exceeded 60,000 employed or aligned physicians, according to notes from a Nov. 30 investor presentation.
The Iowa Board of Medicine granted a license to Parth Bharill, MD, a physician currently on probation for his role in a scheme to distribute opioids to drug users, Iowa Capital Dispatch reported Nov. 29.
The state of New York has secured a $5.1 million judgment against Park Avenue Stem Cell and plastic surgeon Joel Singer, MD, for falsely and illegally advertising unlicensed stem cell procedures.
Indianapolis-based IU Health Methodist Hospital and Methodist Health Group are suing an orthopedic practice for trademark infringement and unfair competition after the group relocated to a competing hospital campus.
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The UnaSource Surgery Center has begun offering total knee replacements using the Velys Robotic-Assisted Solution, the Troy, Mich.-based ASC said Nov. 28.
Here are three lawsuits involving pain physicians Becker's has reported on since Oct. 1:
From COVID-19 to CMS removing 255 procedures from the ASC-payable list, ASCs are facing many obstacles in maintaining profitability.
CMS finalized a clarification that hospitals can share space, services or personnel with another healthcare provider, including ASCs, so long as they are independently compliant with CMS regulations, National Law Review reported Nov. 24.
Rising consumerism, outpatient migration and increased labor costs are adding to the challenges the ASC industry continues to face in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic.