Boston-based Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston has agreed to pay nearly $3.9 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations of improperly billing Medicare and MassHealth for office visits in addition ...

Physician’s Surgery Center of Knoxville (Tenn.) has announced plans to shutter after 45 years of business, according to an Aug. 1 Facebook post from the ASC.  The physician-owned ASC, accredited by ...

The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district court’s grant of summary judgment in an age discrimination lawsuit brought by a former neurosurgeon against Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial ...

For years, many ASCs have operated outside healthcare’s transparency movement. This year, the industry is shifting, and the ...

Here are four orthopedic surgeons who joined new health systems and practices, or entered into new leadership roles in July, as reported by Becker’s. Note: This list is not exhaustive.

Mark Barry, MD, a spine surgeon, and medtech company SeaSpine have ended their patent dispute after jointly agreeing to dismiss their claims in federal court. Dr. Barry and SeaSpine Holdings, SeaSpine ...

A Mansfield, Mass., optometrist who sold his practice to a private equity-backed group in 2023 has launched PracticeAmerica, a “doctor-to-doctor” practice transition marketplace designed to give ...

Medical Center is set to cut the ribbon on its advanced surgical institute on Aug. 6.  The Advanced Surgical Institute at HMC will provide endoscopic, general, orthopedic and urology procedures, ...

Two New York ophthalmology practices have agreed to pay a combined $2.3 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations of billing Medicare and Medicaid for medically unnecessary transcranial doppler ...

A Yuma, Ariz., physician’s clinic has closed after Ifran Fazil, MD, was arrested and charged with four felonies, including defrauding Arizona’s Medicaid program, money laundering and possessing ...

Hospital M&A has not slowed down. Becker’s tracked 12 hospital deals in the last month alone as health systems continue consolidating amid rising costs and reimbursement pressure that many operators ...

When an ASC administrator looks at the average certified registered nurse anesthetist salary, it is often only part of the picture. The fully loaded cost of employing a CRNA in an ASC is often ...