Call is mandatory for 75% of physicians, according to a report from Physician Side Gigs, an online community of more than 195,000 physicians. 

Brian McGee, MD, a member of the Arkansas State Medical Board, is suing a former colleague whose medical license was revoked after it was revealed last year that he had 30 years of misconduct allegations against him.

A surgery center owner and former surgeon convicted of a $355 million fraud scheme was denied an appeal of his $100 million restitution order Jan. 16. 

Northern Virginia Surgery Center will pay $50,000 and provide programmatic relief to resolve a disability and age discrimination lawsuit. 

An Oakton, Va.-based physician has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and amphetamines, maintaining drug premises and making false statements relating to healthcare matters.

Here are three ASC leaders' predictions of  how the economy will affect ASCs in 2025. 

Settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act exceeded $2.9 billion in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, according to a Jan. 15 release from the Department of Justice's Office of Public Affairs. 

About 46% of Americans reportedly think that healthcare is headed in the wrong direction, according to a new Gallup poll published Jan. 15. 

The former CEO of a hospital in Rockdale, Texas, has been sentenced to 36 months in federal prison for a scheme involving paying kickbacks to physicians for laboratory referrals. 

United Surgical Partners International, Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare's ASC arm, has agreed to pay $1.48 million to settle a proposed class action suit alleging the company's 401(k) plan violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, according to court documents obtained by Becker's. 

Chesapeake (Va.) Regional Medical Center, formerly known as Chesapeake Regional Hospital, has been indicted for healthcare fraud and conspiracy, accused of allowing Javaid Perwaiz, MD, to perform unnecessary procedures and submitting fraudulent claims for reimbursements to Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers. 

More than 20 states increased minimum wage on Jan. 1, increasing wages for more than nine million workers by a total of nearly $6 billion, according to the Economic Policy Institute.

President-elect Donald Trump recently said that current Federal Trade Commissioner Andrew Ferguson will be the next chair of the commission. He has also nominated Mark Meador to take over for outgoing Chairperson Lina Khan, creating a Republican majority on the FTC.

A physician based in Fredericksburg, Texas, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and ordered to pay $26.6 million in restitution for his involvement in a $70 million Medicare fraud scheme. 

Clearwater, Fla.-based Lincare, a medical equipment company, has been ordered to pay $1.15 million to reimburse Washington's Medicaid program for alleged fraudulent overbilling of leased oxygen equipment. 

U.S. News & World Report has named the role of nurse practitioner as the best job in the U.S. for 2025 for the second year in a row. 

Slidell, La.-based chiropractor Dennis Peyroux pleaded guilty on Jan. 8 to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, admitting to a $3.2 million scheme that billed Medicare for over-the-counter COVID-19 test kits that were not requested.

Three physicians and two lab marketers have agreed to pay a total of $1,137,914 to resolve allegations they took part in laboratory kickback schemes. 

Tulare, Calif.-based Hapy Bear Surgery Center has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit alleging that it failed to properly protect patient data, resulting in a 2023 data breach, according to a Jan. 14 report from Top Class Actions.

Concerns among physicians about the future of healthcare have intensified in the last several years as payers continue to cut reimbursements.