ASC News

As federal policy updates come out of Washington at a rapid pace under a new presidential administration, ASC leaders and physicians remain watchful of policy shifts and legislation that will directly impact their practices. 

Sonny Saggar, MD, a physician in St. Louis, has been sentenced to 35 months in prison for defrauding Medicare and Missouri Medicaid.

A car has crashed into a medical office building in York County, Pa., according to a Feb. 19 report from CBS 21. 

While California lacks certificate-of-need laws — cited by many industry leaders as a major barrier to ASC growth — regulatory challenges still exist.

For a majority of physicians, overall happiness, work-life balance, family relationships and friendships have either stayed the same or worsened over the last three years, according to Medscape's infographic, "Where Physicians’ Quality of Life Is Headed," published Feb. 11. 

Tyler (Texas) Med Clinic close February 15, according to a notice on the practice's website 

Here are three instances of physicians or groups of physicians suing their former employers or the federal government, as reported by Becker's since Feb. 4.

The Mississippi House has passed a bill that will allow advanced practice nurses to treat patients outside of a collaboration agreement with a physician after accruing 8,000 hours of experience, the Magnolia Tribune reported Feb. 18.

A man from Slatington, Pa., has pleaded no contest to posing as a medical professional to give care to patients and file reimbursements through Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance programs. 

Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Sansum Clinic, owned by Sutter Health, has implemented the Da Vinci 5 system for robotic surgeries at its Foothill Surgery Center, KEYT reported Feb. 14.