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A North Carolina pharmaceutical company has agreed to pay more than $46 million to resolve criminal and civil allegations of paying kickbacks to physicians and pharmacies to induce prescriptions of its kidney transplant immunosuppression drug, including the largest Sunshine Act…

From a first-quarter earnings beat to a wave of physician practice closures and a fresh entanglement in ASC antitrust remedies, Optum has spent the past few months navigating a mix of financial recovery and operational retrenchment. Here’s a breakdown of…

The former CFO of Massachusetts-based spinal implant company SpineFrontier has been sentenced to four months in prison for his role in a kickback scheme that paid more than $540,000 in sham consulting fees to surgeons to induce use of the…

Anesthesia stipends continue to skyrocket, with the share of ASCs expecting to pay stipends jumping from 28% in 2024 to 44% in 2025, according to a VMG Health report, a 57% increase in a single year. Additionally, 60% of ASC…

Wilford Gibson, MD, president of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and partner at Virginia Beach, Va.-based Atlantic Orthopaedic Specialists, knows how little financial cushion an independent medical practice can have. During the COVID-19 pandemic, his group’s physician partners stopped…

Wausau, Wis.-based GI Associates is building a new gastroenterology clinic and endoscopy center in Rhinelander, Wis., according to an Aug. 10 report from Northwoods Star Journal. The 13,570-square-foot facility will include six clinic exam rooms, two endoscopy procedure rooms, three…