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Here are seven things for ASC leaders to note from the past week.

Here are seven updates for ASC leaders to note:

38 ASC management & development companies to watch – 2017 | Full-page ad bashes CHS-owned hospital over billing, quality | Physicians react to CMS’ final MACRA rule – 6 things to know | Commission reviews Anthens-Limestone Hospital’s plans for $30M…

[Key specialties edition] President Trump’s executive order may put CMS bundled payments in jeopardy: 5 key notes | Flu, pneumonia deaths now above epidemic threshold | The man behind the fraud – Who is Dr. Aria Sabit? | Surgery Partners…

Congress is projected to consider the 21st Century Cures Act this week, which aims to promote biomedical research, but may also impose less stringent reporting requirements concerning industry payments to physicians, according to ProPublica.

Guising themselves as the IRS, scammers are sending Americans fake bills linked to the Affordable Care Act, according to Wall Street Journal.

Should patients fear Friday surgeries? | Full-page ad bashes CHS-owned hospital over billing, quality | Ghost pepper, eating contest sends man to hospital for 23 days | APIC flier on proper glove use From: Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality…

CMS estimates find healthcare spending is rapidly increasing, MedPage Today reports.

Former Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office Director Melanie Bella said if officials overhaul the Medicaid program, this move will greatly impact Medicare beneficiaries. Ms. Bella discussed an overhaul's impact during a briefing that National Coalition on Health Care, a nonpartisan organization, hosted…

Last October saw an increase in diagnostic codes from about 13,000 to 68,000, with the implementation of ICD-10. Although most physicians saw the transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 as daunting, many now say the process proved smoother than anticipated, according…