Euguene Evans, MD, was arrested in January writing fraudulent prescriptions for individuals he never treated or examined in a conspiracy with a drug dealer to distribute thousands of high-dose ...

Here are 13 numbers highlighting the continued decline of physician pay: 2.83%. The physician pay cut CMS finalized on Nov. 1 in its 2025 Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system and ...

4. Health services arm Optum Health's 2024 were $105.4 billion, up 10.5%. Data analytics arm Optum Insight's 2024 revenues were $18.8 billion, down 1%, and pharmaceutical services arm Optum Rx ...

On Jan. 2, the Department of Justice, representing the FTC, filed a brief with the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals urging the court to overturn an August 2024 ruling that prevented a near-total ban on ...

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 ...

Tajul Chowdhury, MD, a physician in Edinburg, Texas, and his son pleaded guilty to receiving kickbacks in exchange for referring prescriptions to local pharmacies. Dr. Chowdhury owned and operated a ...

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.

The University of Southern California/LA General Medical Center in Los Angeles and the University of Illinois Chicago have partnered with global nonprofit HelpMeSee to establish simulation-based ...

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.

A Bon Secours medical office building in Chesterfield, Va., is expected to break ground this year after several years of planning, according to a Jan. 16 report from Richmond BizSense. Construction is ...

An Alabama ASC will be able to go forward with construction despite concerns from local hospitals, WSFA 12 reported Jan. 15. The State Health Planning and Development Agency voted to approve Southern ...

Fairfax, Okla.-based Ardent Health has acquired several clinics in Oklahoma and New Mexico to expand ambulatory services in both states, according to a Jan. 11 report from The Oklahoman. Ardent Health ...