Author: Patsy Newitt

Ringgold, Ga.-based "alternative medicine" physician Charles Adams, MD, has been found liable for submitting $1.1 million worth of false diagnoses to Medicare for chelation therapy reimbursements, the Justice Department said June 16. 

Four ASC leaders joined Becker's to discuss the biggest obstacles to ASC ownership. 

Harry Severance, MD, an adjunct assistant professor at Durham, N.C.-based Duke University School of Medicine, joined Becker's to discuss how physicians can leverage their power. 

Florida is an ASC hotspot, the state with the second largest number of centers. 

Physicians and ASCs continue to raise concerns about the adequacy of Medicare reimbursement as operating costs continue to soar. 

Here are five healthcare antikickback cases to know from the last month:

Here is where five major ASC chains are focused on growth in 2023, ordered by number of ASCs:

Tenet Healthcare, parent company of ASC chain United Surgical Partners International, ranked 215th on the 69th Fortune 500, released June 5. 

At least 59 percent of physicians reported a family net worth exceeding $748,000, according to Medscape's "Physician Wealth and Debt Report 2023."

Here are 10 gastroenterology groups who have grown their footprint so far in 2023: