Although the $100,000 H-1B visa fee has been blocked by the courts since this summer, the White House just extended it for another year. That leaves ASCs that recruit foreign-trained clinicians with no clear answer about what their next hire…
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ASCs are navigating an unusually active regulatory moment in 2026 — from a resurgent federal push to repeal the ban on physician-owned hospitals to state-by-state fights over certificate-of-need laws and a widening gap in how ASCs get paid compared to…
As Medicaid cuts, 340B changes and site-neutral payments squeeze hospital margins, existing Stark law exceptions and Anti-Kickback Statute safe harbors could give hospitals more room to align with physicians than many realize, according to a Sept. 21 brief from law…
A gastroenterologist in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., has agreed to pay $300,000 to resolve Controlled Substances Act allegations that he unlawfully prescribed opioids. The Justice Department alleged that between June 15, 2023, and March 7, 2025, Twan Phanijphand, MD, unlawfully…
Cardinal Health does not expect Inflation Reduction Act drug pricing changes, including a potential shift of Part B drugs into the negotiation process, to meaningfully affect the economics of its physician management services organizations, CEO Jason Hollar said during a…
Since 2022, providers and payers have worked to master the No Surprises Act’s independent dispute resolution process—its eligibility rules, batching limits, deadlines, and documentation standards. Now the next phase has arrived. Those changes are already reshaping out-of-network recovery. The fee…
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Few care delivery models have won over consumers, physicians and payers as decisively as the ASC. With lower costs, higher patient satisfaction and higher-acuity procedures migrating from hospitals, surgery centers are positioned for sustained growth. Much of that growth depends…
At OrthoNC, we provide Healthcare services to people who come to our clinic for only one reason — they need help and guidance. The corollary of this statement clearly spells out the philosophy of the practice, namely “to provide those…
ASC operators weighing where to build next are contending with a fast-shifting map. Certificate-of-need laws that once locked entire regions out of new development are unwinding in some states even as tax burdens on physician-owned facilities diverge sharply from one…
Picture the quote a model scores cleanly that an experienced underwriter would stop on: thin data on a small group, a trend that breaks from the population, a circumstance the model has not seen before. AI is taking on more…
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