Supply Chain
Here are the supply chain updates ASC leaders need to know this week.
Some spine ASCs have stopped paying for implants by the screw. Frank Phillips, MD, a spine surgeon at Chicago-based Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, said his group’s ASCs pay vendors one fixed price per procedure, no matter what hardware goes in.…
A Pensacola Beach, Fla.-based physician has pleaded guilty to 19 counts of unlawfully distributing or dispensing controlled substances, according to an Oct. 21 news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida. Edward Scott Morrison, MD,…
A Cushing, Okla.-based chiropractor and business owner has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for his role in a scheme that billed Medicare, Tricare and Champva more than $30 million for orthotic braces, continuous glucose monitors and other durable…
Crown Medical Solutions and its owners, Michelle and Philanzo King, have agreed to pay $825,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare for unnecessary durable medical equipment. Crown supplied durable medical equipment such as…
CMS has spent months cracking down on suspected fraud among durable medical equipment suppliers, sharing two major updates in recent weeks: a new round of Medicare Advantage payment bars and the expiration of a six-month enrollment moratorium. Here are 10…
The former owner of two Massachusetts-linked telemedicine companies has been sentenced to two years in prison for his role in a $110 million Medicare fraud scheme involving medically unnecessary orthotic braces, the Justice Department said in an August 20 news…
Medline has signed a prime vendor agreement with Lincoln, Neb.-based Doctors Outpatient Surgery Center. Through the partnership, the multispecialty ASC will have access to Medline’s portfolio of medical-surgical products, including surgical gloves, procedure packs and infection-prevention products, according to an…
Medtech company Johnson & Johnson and ACCESS, a physician-led management services organization, have signed a multiyear preferred portfolio agreement to expand adoption of advanced cardiac electrophysiology technologies in ASCs. Through the agreement, ACCESS-affiliated ASCs will be able to use a…
Two Florida men have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a scheme that submitted approximately $35 million in fraudulent Medicare Advantage claims for medically unnecessary orthotic braces, the Justice Department said in a July 31 news release.…