The Affordable Care Act reshaped the health care landscape, expanding coverage while accelerating consolidation, administrative oversight, and complex benefit design. Neurosurgeons and their patients now live with the downstream consequences: delayed access, rising out-of-pocket costs, and pervasive burnout. Neurosurgical ASCs…
Legal & Regulatory Issues
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond confirmed CVS Caremark reached a settlement exceeding $5 million over allegations of pharmacy underpayments. The money will go to pharmacies that filled 68,099 eligible prescriptions between January 2024 and August 2025. “When your local pharmacy…
Creating the right ASC team isn’t about staffing alone, according to John Petroni, managing owner of Las Vegas-based Silver State Surgery Centers. Mr. Petroni joined Becker’s to discuss the benefit of his team’s collaborative culture, hands-on leadership and daily check-ins.…
The Department of Justice withdrew a felony indictment alleging wire fraud against two individuals: the former CEO of two El Paso, Texas-based long-term acute care hospitals and the owner of one of them. Four things to know: 1. Jose Huerta,…