Helena, Mont.-based St. Peter’s Health has closed its Townsend (Mont.) Clinic and consolidated local services at Billings Clinic Broadwater, according to a notice posted on the health system’s website. Starting Oct. 9, Billings Clinic Broadwater will become the Townsend community’s…
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Physician practices depend on Stark law exceptions to keep routine financial relationships lawful, but the law imposes liability without regard to intent. That means an arrangement can fail on paper alone, according to an Oct. 4 blog post from Anthony…
Multi-physician gastroenterology practices lose $140,000 to $220,000 a year to billing errors, according to medical billing company ProMBS. The company says the losses come mostly from miscoding, not care quality. The losses come mainly from undercoded colonoscopy conversions, missed codes…
Physician practices across five states announced closures in September, citing retirements, consolidation and financial strain. Here are seven closures Becker’s reported: 1. Optum is planning to close one of its clinics in Anacortes, Wash., in December. The practice, Island Internal…
ASCs completed insurance verification on 83% of cases in 2025, leaving 233,856 cases unverified, according to HST Pathways’ 2026 State of the ASC Industry Report. The report draws on data from 682 surgery centers in 45 states. Here are five…
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Health systems that keep resisting the shift to ASCs are putting their financial future at risk, according to Regent Surgical CEO Travis Messina. Asked what is at stake for systems unwilling to adapt, Mr. Messina told Becker’s: “To be blunt,…
A 34-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud and aggravated identity theft for billing Medicaid for mental health therapy services that were never provided, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas. Tekiyah McLeod served…
Four Maryland residents have been sentenced for conspiring with an Annandale, Va.-based physician convicted of distributing more than 7,000 oxycodone pills and thousands of milliliters of codeine and hydrocodone cough syrups, according to an Oct. 2 news release from the…
Patient decisions accounted for 34.1% of ASC case cancellations with a recorded reason in 2025, according to HST Pathways’ 2026 State of the ASC Industry Report. The report draws on data from 682 surgery centers in 45 states. Cancellation reasons…
ASCs collected 67% of expected patient deposits in 2025, leaving about $125.4 million uncollected, according to HST Pathways’ 2026 State of the ASC Industry Report. The report draws on data from 682 ASCs in 45 states, covering nearly 4.8 million…