Four Florida residents have been charged for their role in a Medicare fraud scheme involving physician kickbacks, the Justice Department said in a June 12 news release. What happened?

ASC development company Constitution Surgery Alliance has secured an investment from private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe. CSA, which launched in 1998, partners with health systems to ...

Physicians at smaller, rural practices were disproportionately penalized by CMS’ Merit-based Incentive Payment System in 2025, according to a June 13 report by the American Medical Association. A ...

When performed every three to five years, CT colonographies may be more effective at catching instances of colon cancer than stool-based tests, according to a June 10 study published in Radiology. The ...

Lilit Baltaian, MD, a formerly licensed physician from Porter Ranch, Calif., was sentenced to 54 months in prison for falsifying home health certifications and fraudulently billing Medicare. Dr.

A physician in Illinois has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for billing Medicaid and private insurers for nonexistent and unnecessary services.  Mona Ghosh, MD, owned and operated a medical ...

Grand Rapids-based Corewell Health West Michigan is rescheduling surgeries due to an anesthesiologist shortage and the imminent breakup with its anesthesia partner, West Michigan Anesthesia. “West ...

Mergers and acquisitions, private equity and joint ventures have had a significant impact on the ASC space over the past few years, but the frequency of deals has recently decreased, according to this ...

A new management services organization based in Wyoming is on a mission to help rural ASCs stay independent, and in the hands of local physicians. ASCend, founded by CEO Linda Bedwell and COO and CFO ...

President Donald Trump has proposed walking back a Medicaid payment policy enacted during his first term — a move that has been met with concern by hospitals that serve high volumes of Medicaid ...

The University of Miami Health System UHealth cardiology program has added UHealth Doral, a new cardiology clinic.  Ralph Nader, MD, a cardiologist with more than three decades of experience, will ...

The University of Michigan Health-West and Orthopaedic Associates of Michigan have partnered to develop an orthopedic-focused ASC.  The school’s board of regents approved the partnership as well as ...