Kansas City-based Crown MedRealty Partners has acquired a six-property medical outpatient building portfolio in Michigan totaling 35,585 square feet, according to an Aug. 18 news release. The portfolio, fully occupied by Michigan ENT & Allergy Associates, spans facilities in Holland,…
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Physician practice dealmaking has kept a fast pace through the first half of 2026. Becker’s tracked 15 physician practice acquisitions in the first three weeks of January alone, and that tally grew to 33 deals by the end of the…
From facility penalties to time caps, anesthesiologists have spent the last two years absorbing insurer workarounds aimed, directly or indirectly, at paying less for anesthesia care. According to the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the pattern is not a coincidence but…
A federal judge in Illinois is weighing whether to certify a class of former senior-level healthcare workers who allege that no-poach agreements among DaVita, Surgical Care Affiliates and United Surgical Partners International suppressed their wages, Hall Benefits Law reported Aug.…
A Chicago man has been indicted on charges of impersonating physicians to obtain unauthorized prescription medications, including GLP-1 drugs, for paying customers by stealing the identities of approximately 60 physicians across 19 states, the Justice Department said in an Aug.…
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Joe Peluso, administrator at Greensburg, Pa.-based Aestique Surgery Center, joined Becker’s to discuss how ASC leaders are quick to calculate the cost of a shortfall but rarely price out the cost of standing still, and in today’s market, he says,…
Two New York state ophthalmology practices — Mark Fromer, doing business as Fromer Eye Centers, and Floral Park Ophthalmology — have agreed to pay a combined $2.3 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations tied to billing for transcranial doppler…
A Lowcountry, S.C. plastic surgery practice has abruptly closed after its parent company, GVO Partners, collapsed into bankruptcy, leaving patients mid-treatment and money paid for unperformed procedures tied up in federal court, WCSC reported. Sweetgrass Plastic Surgery & Spa’s website…
A North Carolina man and his Texas-based company have been named in a federal civil complaint alleging they billed Medicare for surgical implantation of electro-neurostimulators when the devices were actually temporary, nonsurgical electro-acupuncture devices applied behind patients’ ears, the Justice…
There comes a point when health system’s ASC moves stop being a side project and start requiring a more involved strategy, and, according to Atlas Healthcare Partners CEO Aric Burke it’s when revenue is above roughly $2 billion to $3…