Author: Patsy Newitt

Houston-based Northwest Anesthesiology and Pain Services agreed to pay $999,999 to settle allegations it violated the False Claims Act and Stark law. 

Hospital deals surged in 2024 — the percentage of transactions with a financially distressed hospital hit an all time high and the average annual revenue of the distressed hospital inched up from $219 million in 2022 to $401 million last…

C.R. Bard and its affiliates — Liberator Medical Supply, Liberator Holdings and Rochester Medical Corporation — agreed to pay $17 million to resolve allegations they provided kickbacks to physician practice groups. 

ASCs must navigate a complex regulatory landscape to mitigate risks during ownership transactions, particularly for multispecialty ASCs. 

A pain management physician and his medical practice will pay $3.5 million, among other penalties, to resolve allegations of billing for medically unnecessary testing and pre-signing opioid prescriptions.

A cardiologist has sued Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network, alleging she experienced gender discrimination, unequal pay and a hostile work environment, WFMZ News reported Jan. 22. 

In the 2026 New York State Executive Budget released on Jan. 21, New York Governor Kathy Hochul proposed the imposition of a cost market impact review for certain transactions involving healthcare entities in the state, according to a blog post…

An Albuquerque-based neurosurgeon, Mark Erasmus, MD, has had his medical license revoked following $19 million in malpractice payouts involving 26 patient claims, the Albuquerque Journal reported Jan. 12. 

A former nurse practitioner in Butte, Montana, has been sentenced to five years in prison for falsely billing approximately $62 million to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana for vitamin B-12 injections.

Here are five of the many physicians on the cutting edge of gastroenterology: