Fort Myers, Fla.-based NeoGenomics Laboratories agreed to pay $9.8 million to resolve allegations that it violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark law through two separate arrangements involving referring physicians and independent consultants, according to a settlement agreement signed July 20,…
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The Leapfrog Group launched its ASC Public Reporting Program. The ASC Reporting Program highlights safety and quality information for more than 3,900 ambulatory surgery centers, according to a July 27 organization news release. Publicly reported results are updated monthly to…
Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners has signed a definitive agreement to sell its ownership interests in two hospitals to Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health for about $1.15 billion. Surgery Partners is selling its ownership interests in Mountain View Hospital and Idaho…
Portland-based Oath Surgical has completed the first robotic prostatectomy performed at an outpatient surgery center in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, according to a July 21 news release. The procedure was performed at Oath’s Beaverton, Ore. surgery center by David Jiang,…
Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International, Tenet Healthcare’s ASC arm, reported $1.39 billion in net operating revenues for the second quarter of 2026, a 9.3% increase from $1.27 billion in the second quarter of 2025, according to Tenet’s earnings release published…
Nationally, pay for certified registered nurse anesthetists has climbed sharply over the last several years. CRNAs in Alaska earned the highest average annual salary in the country, as of the most recent data — $311,110 a year — while California…
There were several significant national-level healthcare policy updates announced, passed or developed in the last month with numerous implications for ASCs. Here are five policies ASC leaders should take note of in the last month: 1. The Senate Health, Education,…
David Antonio Becerril, MD, a 70-year-old physician from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, was sentenced July 8 to 40 months in prison and ordered to pay $1.25 million in restitution for his role in a nationwide telemarketing scheme that defrauded Medicare. According…
Connecticut has enacted a sweeping overhaul of its certificate-of-need program, shifting regulatory authority from the Office of Health Strategy to a new three-member CON Panel housed within the Department of Public Health, according to a July 23 JD Supra report. …
Orthopedic surgery is the first medical specialty to average more than $600,000 in annual pay, according to Medscape’s “Physician Compensation Report 2026.“ The report is based on responses from 5,916 physicians surveyed from Sept. 5 to Dec. 17, 2025. Five…