ASC

Fraud on Physicians in the ASC Setting

As the shift of surgeries from the hospital setting to the ASC setting accelerates, we’re seeing more fraud at the ASC level. No, I’m not talking about the significant amount of fraud that comes from the “usual suspects,” criminal operators who bill for medically unnecessary procedures, for procedures that never occurred, and so on. Instead, […]

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Competing

State Licensing and Anti-Competitive Bureaucracy

At a time when telemedicine and telehealth are poised for rapid expansion, many state medical boards are doubling down on what appears to be their true purpose: enacting and enforcing anti-competitive measures to protect those already licensed in the jurisdiction. Medical boards, like all professional licensing boards, are bureaucratic barriers to open competition. Sure, they […]

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