The federal government charged physician Francisco Patino, MD, for his alleged participation in a $120 million healthcare fraud and money laundering scheme, according to a Feb. 26 announcement from the Department of Justice.
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The Supreme Court of Missouri overturned a circuit court's $2.3 million ruling against St. Luke's Surgicenter-Lee's Summit in a medical malpractice lawsuit, but granted a new trial after the plaintiffs claimed they had new evidence.
ASCs and urgent care clinics are eating away at hospitals' bottom lines, as this is the first year hospital-based outpatient department visits have dropped in 35 years, according to American Hospital Association data reported on by Dark Daily.
One-third of cardiovascular cases could be performed in ASCs by the mid-2020s, according to Bain & Co.
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The Surgery Center of Lynchburg has donated $1 million to the Virginia Association of Free and Charitable Clinics, according to the Roanoke Times.
With 200 surgery centers and 2,200 surgeon partners in 26 states, Towson, Md.-based SurgCenter Development is one of the country's biggest ASC development and management companies.