CMS has proposed an extension of its current virtual direct supervision rule through December 31, 2025, and to permanently allow virtual direction supervision for a subset of services. 

Here are seven lawsuits involving kickback allegations from the last month, as reported by Becker's. 

Consolidation continues to  shake up healthcare, increasingly endangering the fiscal stability of  independent practices.

John Oxendine, a former Georgia insurance commissioner, was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for his role in a healthcare fraud scheme involving ENT clinics. 

Hospitals in many markets are closing as they face massive financial challenges, including declining reimbursement rates, shifting market demands and rising practice costs. 

ASC development company Atlas Healthcare Partners and Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System have partnered on a joint venture ASC network in the Pacific Northwest.

Overall median net collections increased 4.3% –– lower than the 5.3% overall increase in compensation from 2023 to 2024, according to an American Medical Group Association survey released July 12. 

Here are 10 ASCs from coast to coast that have posted job listings for administrator roles within the past month:

Around two in three physicians see Medicare reimbursement time as a "'moderate' issue or worse", according to Medscape's "Doctors Evaluate Medicare and Medicaid Report 2024," published July 12. 

A Washington, D.C., physician is suing David Stockman, MD, and Saginaw Township-based Michigan Health Clinic, alleging failure to pay $142,000 in wages, M Live reported July 12.

Radiology, anesthesiology and pathology saw the highest pay jump between 2023 and 2024, according to the American Medical Group Association's 2024 Medical Group Compensation and Productivity Survey. 

Surgical specialties have seen a 5.5% increase in pay in the last year, according to the American Medical Group Association's 2024 Medical Group Compensation and Productivity Survey. 

Newsweek has opened a survey for its fifth-annual "Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers" ranking for 2025. 

ASCs are a unique care setting that are affected by trends such as consolidation, market shifts and other industry-wide changes differently than their hospital counterparts. 

Virginia has been named the top state for business in 2024 by CNBC. 

The Iowa Board of Medicine has agreed to reinstate a pain physicians' license who was charged with sexually abusing a patient, the Iowa Capital Dispatch reported July 10. 

The June inflation rate dipped for the first time in more than four years, opening the door for the Federal Reserve to potentially begin lowering interest rates this year, according to a July 11 report from CNBC.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has signed a law revising the certificate-of-need statute for ASCs, law firm Polsinelli wrote in an article published July 10 by  JD Supra.

Rite Aid and 10 subsidiaries have agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle allegations of illegal prescription violating the Controlled Substance Act and False Claims Act. 

Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International is maintaining its position as the leading operator of ASCs in the U.S. in 2024.