Slidell, La.-based chiropractor Dennis Peyroux pleaded guilty on Jan. 8 to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, admitting to a $3.2 million scheme that billed Medicare for over-the-counter COVID-19 test kits that were not requested.
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Here are five ASC companies, facilities and joint ventures to watch in 2025, as reported by Becker's:
Winston Salem, N.C.-based Atrium Health Wake Forest (N.C.) Baptist has received state approval to open a $25 million ASC, the Winston-Salem Journal reported Jan. 15.
Colleen Schmitt, MD, has been named president of the GI Quality Improvement Consortium, an endoscopic registry and GI benchmarking tool that is jointly managed by the American College of Gastroenterology and the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
Three physicians and two lab marketers have agreed to pay a total of $1,137,914 to resolve allegations they took part in laboratory kickback schemes.
Tulare, Calif.-based Hapy Bear Surgery Center has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit alleging that it failed to properly protect patient data, resulting in a 2023 data breach, according to a Jan. 14 report from Top Class Actions.
NextGen Healthcare has unveiled a gastro suite that brings gastroenterology-specific workflows into NextGen's electronic health records system.
UC Davis (Calif.) is slated to launch a nurse anesthesiology program, poising it to become the first school in the University of California system to have one.
Concerns among physicians about the future of healthcare have intensified in the last several years as payers continue to cut reimbursements.
On Jan. 8, Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai closed and evacuated a number of ASCs and outpatient facilities amid the wildfires sweeping through parts of California.