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 ...

Health systems accounted for half of the physician practice deals Becker’s reported over the past month. Specialty platforms made moves in optometry, musculoskeletal care and cosmetic surgery. Here ...

Miami-based Gastro Health has named Mari Abreu, MD, its senior vice president of inflammatory bowel disease clinical care and innovation. The national digestive and liver health medical group ...

Clinical judgment is the most common contributing factor in cardiology malpractice claims. Claims involving patient behavior, such as not following treatment regimens, carry the highest average ...

Only 33% of ASC-eligible procedures in the Philadelphia region have moved to surgery centers, compared with 56% nationally, according to Regent Surgical data drawn from a Kythera Labs analysis. Regent ...

Technical skill is the most common contributing factor in malpractice claims against general surgeons. Claims tied to communication, however, carry the highest average payment, at about $400,000. Napa ...

Just 10% of the physician and advanced practitioner search engagements AMN Healthcare conducted took place in communities of 100,000 or more, down from 70% a year earlier, according to a Sept. 16 ...

The U.S. ASC market will grow from $49.19 billion in 2026 to $84.17 billion by 2035, according to an Oct. 8 analysis from Ottawa-based Precedence Research. The market is projected to expand at a 6.15% ...

Nearly three decades after researchers first documented that surgeons are paid more for male-specific procedures than comparable female-specific ones, the gap has barely narrowed, and experts say it ...

Birmingham, Ala.-based Baptist Health has signed a lease as a lead tenant for the Riverwalk Health & Wellness Center in Hoover, Ala., according to an Oct. 7 report from AL.com.  Baptist Health will ...

On Oct. 6, federal regulators finalized updates to the Transparency in Coverage rule, which governs the pricing data health insurers and employer health plans must publish. While the rule places no ...

Swiss medtech company Distalmotion took to LinkedIn Oct. 6 to break down the integration of a surgical robot into an ASC. The company has built its pitch for the robot around the outpatient setting, ...