Boca Raton, Fla.-based Path Medical has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with $86.5 million in liabilities, South Florida Business Journal reported Sept. 2.
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The U.S. Justice Department is suing UPMC, its chair of cardiothoracic surgery and University of Pittsburgh Physicians in a whistleblower suit brought by a former UPMC physician.
Physician noncompete contracts are a common but sometimes contentious issue in the healthcare industry as they have the potential to disrupt the physician-patient relationship and remove physicians — who are already in short supply — from the workforce.
Miami-based Gastro Health is expanding its presence to 19 locations in Central Florida after it acquired New Smyrna Beach-based Gastro Center of Florida and Mid Florida Gastroenterology Consultants in Ocoee.
Beacon Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, a 42-physician group with locations in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky, is affiliating with Cincinnati-based TriHealth to expand orthopedic care access and services in the tri-state area.
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Downers Grove, Ill.-based DuPage Medical Group has launched an outpatient lumbar fusion program at its ASC in Westmont, Ill., which opened in January.
Vail (Colo.) Health in November is expected to open a $70 million medical center with an ASC that specializes in orthopedic and pain management procedures, Summit Daily reported Aug. 28.
CMS' procedure price look-up tool allows users to compare average pay for procedures in ASCs and hospital outpatient departments.
The state of Washington filed an antitrust consent decree Aug. 25 against Bellingham (Wa.) Anesthesia Associates, urging the group to end allegedly illegal noncompete contracts and pay $110,000 to the state.
A group of surgeons and anesthesiologists is opening a multispecialty surgery center with capacity for patients to stay overnight in Scottsdale, Ariz., according to AZ Business Magazine.