Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine, Independence Blue Cross and Franklin, Tenn.-based Regent Surgical are building an ASC company with a structure Regent CEO Travis Messina said the industry has not seen before: a health system, a health plan and a management company,…
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Nonprofit, health system-affiliated ASCs earn much higher margins than for-profit centers, according to a new study of Pennsylvania facilities. Here’s what new research and recent data show about which ASCs make the most money. The new study 1. Nonprofit ASCs…
Providers that find potential Anti-Kickback Statute violations, false claims or excluded individuals on staff can report the conduct to HHS’ Office of Inspector General through its Health Care Fraud Self-Disclosure Protocol. A Sept. 25 client brief from Anthony Mahajan, founding…
The Kansas State Board of Healing Arts has suspended the license of a Texas-based physician indicted in an alleged $89 million cardiovascular testing fraud scheme, KSNT reported Oct. 1. The board issued a 90-day order of immediate suspension Sept. 29…
At least 30 physician practices and ASCs closed or announced closures in the first half of 2026, and Becker’s reported 23 physician practice closures in all of 2025. More practices are also going bankrupt. Clinics and physician practices made up…
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Gastroenterology practices, a gastroenterologist and a lab tied to GI practices have agreed to pay $35.05 million in 2026 to resolve federal allegations, according to Justice Department announcements. Kickback cases account for $34.75 million of that. Both kickback cases involve…
The share of ASCs expecting to pay anesthesia stipends jumped from 28% in 2024 to 44% in 2025, according to a VMG Health report. Some ASC leaders said the bigger fix is changing the relationship, not the check. “Anesthesia coverage…
At least 17 physician practices, medical groups and physician staffing firms have filed for bankruptcy since January 2024. Physician practices and clinics made up almost 30% of healthcare bankruptcy filings in the first half of 2026, which puts the sector…
Two Midwest systems plan to combine into a 22-hospital nonprofit, Sanford Health grew to 60 hospitals, and Ascension is moving forward with a $700 million deal in Tennessee.0 Here are 17 hospital deals and deal updates Becker’s has reported on…
Elevance Health is taking aim at one of health systems’ most profitable billing practices. The insurer plans to require hospitals to list where care was physically delivered on claims, and it will pay off-campus services at off-campus rates rather than…