Blue Cross Blue Shield recently released a study based on the analysis of claims made by 43 million of their commercially insured patients. The study is additional evidence supporting the point that I’ve been arguing for the past year: That there is a rapid shift of surgical and interventional procedures from the hospital setting to the ASC setting.
Are you a Chevy dealer or a doctor?
A 10th individual is convicted in a federal kickback scheme involving Sacred Heart Hospital, highlighting ongoing healthcare fraud risks.
People, not institutions, are capable of morality. At best, institutions are amoral. At worst, they are immoral.
Your group has held the exclusive contract for your specialty services, for example anesthesiology or radiology, for decades, but now the hospital is holding an RFP.
Providing staff or covering expenses for referral sources can violate the AKS. Be cautious of disguised compensation arrangements.
Explore how bureaucracy in medical boards creates barriers to competition and impacts telemedicine expansion.
Where are the flying cars and the metal and glass houses, and the robots walking dogs? I was promised that future and it’s not here and I’m mad as hell.
f you’ve ever purchased or sold a house, you’re already familiar with the concept of “due diligence” in the sale of a medical group, ASC, or other healthcare business, just on a smaller scale.
Years ago, I met someone who ran a food concession business at a large public venue, a county fair ground.