Surgeons at Warwick, R.I.-based Ortho RI Surgery Center performed the state's first balloon implant procedure for non-repairable rotator cuff tendon disease, the company said Oct. 15.
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OrthoIllinois is seeking a certificate of need to open a $17.7 million ASC in Elgin, Ill., amid opposition from Advocate Sherman Hospital, the Chicago Tribune reported Oct. 15.
John Sampson, MD, performed "unauthorized plastic surger[ies]" at Seduction Cosmetic Center in Coral Gables, Fla., including a fatal gluteal procedure on a 33-year-old patient, according to an Oct. 14 emergency restriction order by the Florida Surgeon General's office.
From an insurer that allegedly reimbursed an ASC $190,600 less than the cost of a spine surgery to another that accused three ASCs of filing more than $5.7 million in fraudulent claims, here are three high-profile lawsuits involving surgery centers…
An Oct. 14 Congressional letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., urged them to take action against CMS' physician payment cuts in 2021.
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota on Oct. 1 ended its coverage for pain treatment at the Center for Pain Management and reported the clinic to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Echo Press reports.
A lawsuit brought by Albuquerque (N.M.) Ambulatory Eye Surgery Center against Chicago-based insurance company CNA can proceed despite issues with some of the plaintiff's claims, U.S. District Judge Kea Riggs said Oct. 13, according to court documents.
Former employees of a Texas health system who were fired or resigned for not complying with the system's COVID-19 vaccination mandate are demanding their jobs back after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order banning vaccination mandates.
A Dallas pharmacist pleaded guilty to adulterating a drug that was injected into patients' eyes for cataract surgery at two ASCs in 2016 and 2017, according to an Oct. 13 Justice Department news release.
Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare continues to ramp up its surgery center business after its subsidiary United Surgical Partners International announced an agreement to acquire a stake in nine ASCs in North Carolina, Texas and Florida.