A Jacksonville, Fla.-based multispecialty physician practice is facing a potential class action lawsuit following a November 2025 data breach, according to a May 3 news release. Florida Physician Specialists discovered its network was accessed by an unauthorized third party between…
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A La Habra, Calif.-based mobile PET scan provider has agreed to pay more than $8.3 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations of paying illegal kickbacks to referring cardiologists, the Justice Department said in a May 1 news release. Between…
Benjamin Stein, MD, an orthopedic surgeon and co-founder and chairman of Bethesda, Md.-based Capital Surgical Solutions, told Becker’s that technology can move the needle at ASCs, but cautioned that much of what’s being marketed to ASCs today doesn’t clear that…
From six-figure mortgages to medical school loans they’re still paying off years into their careers, physicians carry a surprisingly heavy financial load, even as most say they feel confident in how they’re managing it, according to Medscape’s 2026 “Physician Wealth…
The work relative value unit model was designed to standardize how physician labor gets measured and paid. Decades later, the data suggests it has struggled to keep pace with the realities of modern practice. Here are six stats that capture…
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Janet Carlson, RN, spent years watching surgeons struggle, not with patient care, but with everything around it. “I saw incredibly talented surgeons weighed down by operational inefficiencies, regulatory hurdles, staffing issues and financial blind spots,” Ms. Carlson, a veteran registered…
A Naples, Fla., allergist and immunologist has been named in a federal civil complaint alleging he falsified patient diagnoses to obtain Medicare coverage for immune globulin treatments, the Justice Department said in an April 30 news release. Kevin Rosenbach, MD,…
MercyOne has announced plans to close its South Des Moines (Iowa) Family Medicine and Urgent Care office on June 26, citing staffing shortages and government reimbursement rates that do not cover the full cost of care, according to an April…
A third malpractice lawsuit against a closed Ames, Iowa, cosmetic ASC and its former physician has been dismissed, the Ames Tribune reported April 29. Sandra and Gary Quade, parents of a patient who allegedly died of acute blood loss following…
For years, consolidation in the ASC space meant private equity or health systems buying up facilities and squeezing out physician autonomy in the process. But something has shifted, according to Benjamin Stein, MD, orthopedic surgeon and co-founder and chairman of…