Many patients are still paying out of pocket for colonoscopy bowel prep despite a federal law stating it should be covered by insurance, according to a study led by Eric Shah, MD, at Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan.
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Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is a major player in the ASC market, operating 124 ASCs through its outpatient surgery business Surgery Ventures. HCA is affiliated with more than 45,000 physicians and operates 186 hospitals nationwide.
A group of ophthalmology practices were awarded a settlement in a class-action lawsuit brought against ECL Group, an eye-care practice management technology provider.
A number of ASCs have opened or secured approval to do so across 21 states during the second quarter of 2024.
Securing anesthesia providers is becoming increasingly difficult for ASCs and hospitals across the country amid increasing shortages and plummeting reimbursements.
Gastroenterology procedures make up 10 of the 25 most common procedures performed at ASCs, and leaders continue to look to these procedures to facilitate growth.
For the last five years, the same five physician specialties have traded spots in the lowest-paying slots of Medscape's annual compensation report.
Home health companies Guardian Health Care, Gem City Home Care and Care Connection of Cincinnati have agreed to pay $4.5 million to settle claims they provided kickbacks to physicians and assisted living facilities for Medicare referrals.
Prabodh Mehta, MD, a longtime cardiologist at Baptist Health Medical Group Cardiology in Elizabethtown, Ky., will retire July 19 following 34 years in the field, according to a July 1 report from The News-Enterprise.
Median monthly physician practice expenses exceeded $1 million for the first time in May, according to a report from Strata's Monthly Healthcare Industry Financial Benchmarks.