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Here are the 10 most popular stories on www.BeckersASC.com in Sept. 2010.

National Surgical Care has announced it has entered into new credit facilities which will be used for acquisitions and to retire its current debt obligation.

U.S. Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), MD, will introduce a bill with Illinois Representative Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) to Congress that aims to combat waste in the federal Medicare and Medicaid programs, according to a news release by Senator Coburn.

Wright Medical Technology, based in Arlington, Tenn., has agreed to pay $7.9 million to settle allegations that it had engaged in a kickback scheme that induced physicians to use its hip and knee devices, according to Department of Justice news…

Novartis Pharmaceuticals, based in East Hanover, N.J., has agreed to pay $422.5 million to settle allegations that it had illegally marketed its pharmaceutical drug Trileptal, filed false claims and paid illegal kickbacks, according to a Department of Justice news release.

A family practitioner from Dearborn, Mich., has been sentenced to two years in prison for committing Medicare fraud and other crimes, according to a Department of Justice news release.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is required to implement new billing technology with "predictive modeling" by next year that will better prevent fraud from occurring, according to a Miami Herald news report.

Here are 10 recent fraud cases involving physicians making recent headlines.

This article identifies some of the key federal and state laws and regulations involved in selling an ASC ownership interest to physicians.

2010: A Better Year Than Expected; 8 Key Issues