Since CMS implemented a six-month nationwide moratorium on new Medicare enrollment for certain durable medical equipment suppliers, the Justice Department has announced at least four settlements and sentences tied to DME fraud schemes. CMS said it stopped more than $1.5…
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While independent physician groups have been busy expanding into the ASC space in recent years, operational gaps have emerged and gone largely unaddressed. According to Pelto Health Partners’ fractional CEO, Rachel Uzlik, independent ASCs often leave savings and operational efficiencies…
With site-neutral payment reform poised to reshape the economics of outpatient care, many ASC leaders told Becker’s that the policy could accelerate the shift of procedures away from hospital outpatient departments. While some view the move as a long-overdue step…
Anesthesia stipends — once rare in the ASC industry — have become a common practice for many ASCs as labor costs climb, federal reimbursement lags and the gap between what anesthesia services cost and what payers reimburse ever widens. The…
Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine has reopened the third-floor clinical space at its Glenview (Ill.) Outpatient Center following a multiyear project to modernize facilities and expand specialty care access across Chicago’s North Shore region. The newly expanded floor increases access to specialty services and…
Physician-owned Pelto Health Partners has launched an ASC platform initiative, extending its private practice model into the surgery center space and aiming to give physician owners more options without forcing them into a traditional management service organization structure. Minneapolis-based Pelto…
Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health has opened a heart and vascular clinic in Bluffton, S.C. Novant Health Heart & Vascular is led by Christopher Wixon, MD, a vascular surgery specialist, according to a March 10 news release from the health system. …
Most virtual health pilots fail not because of the technology — but because of how they’re architected from the start. Without defined exit criteria, integration benchmarks, or measurable system impact, even promising pilots stall before reaching production. This session brings…
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Jason Ward
VP of Information Systems Collette Health
Maruf Haider, MD
Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, Digital Health Carilion Clinic
Alen Oganesyan, MPA, CHCIO, CDH-E
Associate Chief Information Officer Keck Medicine of USC
Albert Villarin, MD, MBA, FACEP
VP, Chief Medical Informatics Officer Nuvance/Northwell Health
Greta Branford, MD
ACMIO, Associate Medical Director for Healthcare IT, Michigan Medicine
Winchester, Ky.-based Centerpoint Health acquired the physician practice of Suzanne Pica, MD, and David Andreas, MD, integrating it into its affiliated medical group, Centerpoint Medical Group, according to a March 10 news release. As part of the integration, the practice…
Abilene, Texas-based Hendrick Health has opened a gastroenterology center to consolidate its clinic visits and endoscopy procedures. The 23,493-square-foot Hendrick Gastroenterology Center has 21 exam rooms, four procedure rooms, medication management and dedicated pre-op and recovery spaces. The new facility…