Patsy Newitt

Indianapolis-based Community Health Network recently agreed to pay $345 million to resolve claims it violated the False Claims Act and Stark law, indicating the importance for providers to pay close attention to physician compensation arrangements, law firm Baker Donelson wrote…

A former Mineola, N.Y., physician has been sentenced to five to 15 years in prison for his role in overprescribing opioids that killed five patients, CBS News New York reported Jan. 22. 

Anesthesia reimbursement declines, along with demographic trends and case volume shifts, have drastically changed the ways that providers approach anesthesia coverage, according to a Jan. 16 blog post from Coronis Health. 

In the last year, the number of healthcare organizations with a minimum wage of $15 or higher has skyrocketed, according to a recent survey from consulting firm SullivanCotter.

Congress chose not to halt the 3.37% Medicare pay cut for 2024 as it averted a government shutdown, The New York Times reported Jan. 18. 

Nampa, Idaho-based Saltzer Health is planning to sell or shut down by March 29.

A Florida physician has been convicted for unlawfully dispensing controlled substances. 

A New York man has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison for a Medicare fraud scheme involving durable medical equipment. 

Weston, Fla.-based Osmin Morales, MD, was found guilty of writing prescriptions for oxycodone, morphine and alprazolam for cash, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported Jan. 18.  

Anthony Bevilacqua, MD, a surgeon at Suffolk, Va.-based Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center, joined Becker's to discuss payer trends and how ASCs will be affected by a potential economic downturn.