Fairfax (Va.) Radiological Consultants has agreed to pay $2.88 million to resolve allegations it misrepresented payroll costs to obtain full forgiveness of a $6.8 million Paycheck Protection Program loan, according to an April 2 news release from the Justice Department. …
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A national sales director from Port Jefferson, N.Y., has pleaded guilty to a scheme involving kickbacks to physicians in exchange for ordering unnecessary brain scans, resulting in $70.6 million in fraudulent Medicare claims, according to an April 2 news release…
Despite projections of rapid growth, the outpatient migration of cardiology has not accelerated as expected — even as cardiology stands out as the fastest-growing ASC specialty, according to a 2022 report from Avanza. “When these procedures were approved, everyone thought…
Gastroenterology has the highest percentage of block time utilization at ASCs, according to ASC software company HST Pathways’ latest “State of the Industry Report.“ Here’s the percentage of block time used at ASCs, by specialty, in 2024, according to data…
Shyroll Morris, senior vice president and chief strategy officer of Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth’s East Florida division, shared with Becker’s the health system’s ASC strategy and how it brought local physicians into closer alignment. In many established markets, health systems…
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Independent ASCs are under growing pressure as reimbursement fails to keep pace with rising operational costs, staffing shortages and mounting administrative burdens. In response to these challenges, Gregg Gordon launched Surgical Solutions IPA in 2024, one of the country’s first…
Here are five hospitals and health systems that shuttered services in the last month: 1. Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare will discontinue intensive care and obstetrics services at its medical center in Ottawa, Ill., and transfer them to a nearby facility…
Here are 12 financial notes from three of the biggest ASC operators, pulled from their most recent financial reports: United Surgical Partners International (Dallas) 1. USPI reported $4.5 billion in net operating revenues for 2024, a 15.4% increase from $3.9…
As cardiology increasingly shifts toward outpatient care, procedures once reserved for hospital catheterization labs are carving out space in ASCs. Vance Chunn, CEO of Mobile, Ala.-based Cardiology Associates, joined Becker’s to discuss the diagnostic and interventional cardiology procedures that are…
A federal appeals court has ruled that a fired physician cannot resurrect his False Claims Act lawsuit accusing his former employer — Baptist Health Montgomery, Prattville Baptist and Team Health — of billing the government for overprescribed opioids, according to…