Here are five policy moves dealing with noncompetes from the last year that ASCs need to know:

The CEOs of Cigna and Centene were named some of healthcare's most "overpaid" CEOs, based on the most recent annual report from nonprofit shareholder advocacy group As You Sow.

Suzi Cunningham, administrator of Advanced Ambulatory Surgery Center in Redlands, Calif., joined Becker's to discuss the healthcare trends she's wary of. 

Tony Mira, CEO of Anesthesia Business Consultants, laid out the responsibilities of Medicare overpayments in a Feb. 8 blog post. 

Law firm Nexsen Pruet laid out five key Stark Law definitions for group physician practices in a Feb. 15 article in JDSupra. 

CMS updated its voluntary self-referral disclosure laws Jan. 23, according to law firm Nexsen Pruet in a Feb. 15 article on JDSupra. 

Certified independent dispute resolution entities have been instructed to hold all payment determinations under the No Surprises Act. 

UnitedHealthcare, CVS Health and Cigna were the three largest health insurance companies by 2022 revenue. 

Of the $2.2 billion in false claims settlements the Justice Department reported in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, $1.7 billion involved healthcare organizations, the department said Feb. 7. 

Orlando-based physician group Florida Cardiology and 10 physicians will pay $2 million to resolve allegations that they submitted inflated claims to Medicare and Medicaid, the Justice Department said Feb. 13. 

Four lawmakers have reintroduced legislation to increase Medicare beneficiaries' access to affordable outpatient surgical care.

Rising operating costs amid record-breaking inflation is making it difficult for ASCs to meet margins.

A bill introduced in the 2024 New York State Executive Budget would require regulatory review for certain physician practice and management service organization transactions. 

In today’s rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) are facing new payer trends that are reshaping the way they are reimbursed for their services.

Most hospitals aren't complying with federal price transparency rules that went into effect January 2021, with few consequences, according to the Fourth Semi-Annual Hospital Price Transparency Report from the PatientRightsAdvocate.org.

 Hudson, Ohio-based physician Deepak Raheja, MD, was sentenced to prison and must pay $2.2 million after pleading guilty to his role in a pharmaceutical kickback scheme, the U.S. Justice Department said Feb. 3.  

UnitedHealthcare made changes to its outpatient procedure group mapping that went into effect Jan. 1.

CMS updated ASC payment rates to 3.8 percent, the most critical reimbursement shift in 2022, according to VMG Health's "ASCs in 2022: A Year in Review" report released Jan. 26.

The top ASC procedure makes up 20.4 percent of total Medicare payments in 2022, according to a Jan. 26 report from VMG Health. 

The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association released a policy statement backing site-neutral payments as a key focus for saving billions of dollars in the next decade.