St. Louis, Mo.,July 12, 2021. St. Louis Spine & Orthopedic Surgery Center, an affiliate of Surgery Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: SGRY), is the first ambulatory surgery center (ASC) in the Midwest region to add the Mazor X Robotic Guidance Platform to…
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CMS clarified that wholly owned physician practice subsidiaries can meet the Stark Law in-office ancillary exception under certain circumstances in advisory opinion No. CMS-AO-2021-01.
President Joe Biden signed an executive order July 9 encouraging the Federal Trade Commission to limit or ban noncompete agreements.
Independent physician practices and ASCs are having an increasingly difficult time staying independent, especially with changing payer policies and staff shortages in healthcare.
Gordon Freedman, MD, a New York City-based pain physician, was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison July 8 after being convicted of accepting kickbacks and admitting to prescribing controlled substances unnecessarily.
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With increased industry consolidation and almost 70 percent of physicians reporting being employed by hospitals at the end of 2020, ASC leaders have differing opinions on the importance of independence.
The Supreme Court decided not to hear the American Hospital Association's appeal of a change to the 2019 Outpatient Prospective Payment System Rule.
White Sox catcher Yasmani Grandal underwent knee surgery at Chicago-based Gold Coast Surgery Center to repair a torn tendon he suffered July 5.
President Joe Biden aims to stymie employers' ability to suppress competition for employees with a potential new executive order, according to The Hill.
An orthopedic surgeon’s multimillion-dollar win against a Texas surgery center has been taken back.