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Cardiology has emerged as a leading specialty in the ASC industry, particularly as increasingly complex procedures migrate to the outpatient setting.
From gold card programs to reimbursement cuts, physicians across several specialties have clashed with payers over 2024 due to major policy changes.
Here is a state-by-state breakdown of seven ASC closures Becker's reported on in 2024:
A family medicine physician in Three Rivers, Mass., will pay $220,000 to settle allegations he prescribed controlled substances outside the usual course of professional practice.
December has been a tumultuous month for anesthesia pay policy, as provider and public outrage has spurred two payers to reverse controversial reimbursement policies.
Two Arizona residents have pleaded guilty to defrauding the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, Arizona's Medicaid agency, through their behavioral health clinic.
Sixteen separate cardiology practices across 12 states have agreed to pay a total of more than $17.7 million to resolve allegations they overbilled Medicare for diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals.
On Dec. 21, President Joe Biden signed a spending bill to keep the federal government operating into 2025, leaving the planned 2.83% across-the-board Medicare physician payment cut untouched.
California and Massachusetts both attempted to pass legislation that would tighten regulations around private equity transactions in healthcare, but it is unlikely that either state will see the proposed bills become law before the end of 2024, Bloomberg reported Dec.…