Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed into law a revision to the state's certificate-of-need requirements, raising ASC CON annual fees from $100 to $2,000.
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Lawmakers have introduced a new bill to reform prior authorization processes for Medicare Advantage plans.
Tampa, Fla.-based Brandon Healthplex became the first center in the west Florida region to perform a procedure that treats stress urinary incontinence, according to a May 26 news release.
From breach of employment allegations to a noncompete clause and a motion to block an exclusive contract with a competing provider, here are three high-profile contract disputes between physicians and health systems in the past two months:
A former employee at a physician's office in DuBois, Pa., was sentenced to jail for admitting to embezzling over $11,000 from the practice, according to a report in The Progress, a Community Media Group publication.
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While the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the ASC industry, some have found it has also created opportunities for growth.
The manager of a Baltimore-based pain clinic and others are facing conspiracy charges accusing them of illegally obtaining and distributing controlled substances, according to a May 19 statement from the U.S. Justice Department.
Seven physicians who sued Gastonia, N.C.-based CaroMont Health in 2019 over a noncompete clause in their employment contracts voluntarily dismissed their suit, according to a May 18 report in the Gaston Gazette.
Deerfield, Ill.-based Surgical Care Affiliates wants the U.S. Justice Department's charges of entering into agreements with competitors not to poach senior employees to be dismissed.
In the first half of 2020, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, gastroenterology and dermatology were among the hardest hit, according to an analysis of Medicare physician spending by the American Medical Association.