Silver Spring, Md.-based Gastro Center of Maryland has added several new physicians to its clinical team, continuing a stretch of growth that spans 11 Maryland locations. The additions strengthen coverage across GCM’s network of offices and on-site endoscopy centers, according…
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Private equity-owned firms staff at least three of the 15 largest emergency room companies in the U.S., according to a Sept. 18 report from the Private Equity Stakeholder Project. TeamHealth, owned by Blackstone since a 2017 leveraged buyout, staffs 552…
Dublin, Ohio-based Cardinal Health sees room to keep buying up independent GI and urology practices, with 80% to 90% of physicians in those specialties still unaffiliated with a management services organization, CEO Jason Hollar said during a September appearance at…
At least 27% of U.S. emergency departments are staffed by private equity-backed companies, according to a Sept. 18 report from the Private Equity Stakeholder Project. The three largest ED staffing companies by volume, TeamHealth, US Acute Care Solutions and SCP…
On April 24, Massachusetts finalized 101 CMR 347.00, the regulation that tells freestanding ASCs what MassHealth will pay them per procedure. The new rates applied to dates of service on or after May 1, 2026. The rule doesn’t set one…
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Anesthesia stipends have gone from rare to routine at ASCs, with 44% of centers now paying them, up from 28% a year ago, as a nationwide anesthesiologist and CRNA shortage collides with reimbursement that hasn’t kept pace. CMS anesthesia payments…
A Bowie, Md., nurse has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud for her role in a $14 million scheme that billed D.C. Medicaid for mental health services that were never provided or were grossly inflated. Vera Nyiawung pleaded…
The American Society of Anesthesiologists has submitted formal comments to CMS opposing key provisions of its proposed 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule, including a 50% payment cut for services reported with Modifier 25. ASA’s Sept. 14 comment letter also…
Becker’s has reported on three physician practices since Sept. 9, spanning three states and two specialties, from orthopedics to cardiology. 1. Roseburg, Ore.-based Umpqua Orthopedics will close for patient care Sept. 15, ending more than two decades of orthopedic service…
Management services organizations and physician practice management platforms depend on the management fee paid by the clinical practice to the MSO, but an unvalidated or inflated fee is drawing intensifying federal and state fraud scrutiny, according to a Sept. 15…