Author: Patsy Newitt

 A chiropractor in Menifee, Calif., has agreed to pay $180,000 to resolve allegations he submitted hundreds of false claims to Medicare for surgically-implanted neurostimulators. 

 An emergency medicine physician has been charged with grand larceny, among other crimes, for allegedly stealing roughly $1.45 million by using a business credit card for personal purchases. 

From CFOs to ASCs, the pressure to meet margins as costs soar and reimbursements decline affects  all of healthcare. 

Here are 10 multimillion-dollar Stark law settlements Becker's has reported on in two years:

Charleen Tacket, administrator of Vital Heart & Vein in Houston, joined Becker's to discuss how patient experience is often missed in conversations with insurance companies. 

CMS has renewed its approval for The Joint Commissions' ASC accreditation program. 

Following a slower-than-expected onboarding process, Saum Sutaria, MD, CEO of Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, parent of ASC chain United Surgical Partners International, said that the company "feels good" about the acquisition progress and doesn't think of the ASCs as a separate…

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu has signed a law stating that certain physician assistants will no longer have to sign a "collaboration agreement" with a physician for their entire career, New Hampshire Bulletin reported July 30. 

It is becoming more difficult for ASCs to remain independent as costs rise and reimbursement declines. 

Here are 12 things to know from three major health systems and providers who operate ASC chains: