Ashland, Ore.-based Asante Health System and one of its physicians have agreed to pay $430,000 to settle allegations that they knowingly submitted false claims for cardiothoracic surgeries to federal health programs.
Author: Patsy Newitt
In 2023, OptumHealth saw 900,000 more patients under value-based care, according to a Jan. 12 call with investors transcribed by Seeking Alpha.
A bill that would strengthen healthcare price transparency at ASCs has been introduced in the Senate, according to a news release from Indiana Sen. Mike Braun.
Optum earned $226.6 billion in total revenue in 2023 — an increase of 22% year over year, according to the company's fourth-quarter financial report.
Many physicians are wary of the rapid growth of Optum, the country's largest employer of physicians and parent company of ASC chain SCA Health.
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Anesthesiologist was named the highest-paying job in healthcare for 2024, according to U.S. News & World Report released Jan. 9.
As reimbursements in healthcare sink and inflation soars, many physicians are turning away from private practice to the stability of employment.
Steven Waronker, MD, an anesthesiologist in Alpharetta, Ga., joined Becker's to discuss the physician workforce trend he is most concerned about right now.
Gastroenterologists working at physician-owned entities outearn their hospital and management service counterparts, according to Healthcare Appraisers' 2023 GI "Industry Outlook" report, published in September.
A circuit court has reinstated a suit from the Costa Mesa, Calif-based South Coast Specialty Surgery Center accusing Blue Cross of California, which does business as Anthem Blue Cross, of racking up more than $5.4 million in unpaid claims.