Las Vegas-based Emery Steckler Medical Institute, d/b/a Internal Medicine Associates, has agreed to pay $300,000 to resolve civil allegations of healthcare fraud, according to a Las Vegas Review Journal report.
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Symbion Healthcare honored Texarkana (Texas) Surgery Center as its best affiliated center last year, based on physician satisfaction, patient satisfaction and quality outcomes. The Texarkana ASC is a large multispecialty center with five ORs, two procedure rooms and 65 credentialed…
Jason L. Ruchaber, CFA, ASA, principal with HealthCare Appraisers, discusses three ways an ASC can increase its value when preparing for or considering a sale to a corporate or hospital partner.
California's Division of Workers' Compensation is seeking comments on drafts of revisions to the ASC and HOPD fee schedule regulations, including a proposed modification of the multiplier for payment for services in ASCs, according to WorkersCompensation.com and the DWC.
As principal and founder of Healthcare Appraisers, headquartered in Delray Beach, Fla., Todd Mello has a privileged look at the changing world of physician compensation and ASC valuation. In a 2009 interview with Becker's ASC Review, he discussed trends in…
Doug Yunker, MD, an anesthesiologist and medical director of Upper Arlington Surgery Center in Columbus, Ohio, discusses three ways to improve relationships between anesthesiologists and surgeons.
The N.J. Department of Health and Senior Services has reported to Mark Manigan, JD, an attorney with the Health Law Practice Group at Brach Eichler in Roseland, N.J., that 25 percent of ASCs in New Jersey are reusing single-dose vials,…
Section 6003 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148 (H.R. 3590) makes a change to the "in-office ancillary services" exception to the Stark physician self-referral law that impacts physician practices providing certain radiology services in their…