Becker's Healthcare July 29, 2022
CMS physician fee updates, inpatient-only list proposals, billions of dollars in deals and more: Here are 13 of the biggest stories in July:
1. New Port Richey, Fla.-based pain management practice Paragon Community Healthcare was ordered to permanently close as part of a settlement over alleged Controlled Substances Act violations. The clinic’s owners and one of its former physicians will collectively pay $600,000 as part of the settlement.
2. Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare now owns 100 percent of United Surgical Partners International’s voting shares, CEO Saum Sutaria, MD, said during a July 22 earnings call. The ASC market is expected to be Tenet’s primary growth driver in the coming years. Dr. Sutaria said Tenet has about a 7 percent...