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Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASC) are found throughout the country. Physicians often like them because they hold potential for increased efficiencies over a traditional hospital-based operating room. Patients often like them because they are in and out within a day, which makes scheduling and...

1. Rio Grande Valley Area Doctor Charged in Illegal Kickback Scheme - McALLEN, Texas ‐ A Rio Grande Valley area doctor has been taken into custody for his scheme to solicit and obtain illegal kickbacks in exchange for Medicare patient referrals, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.

A couple weeks ago, Medstar Ambulance Inc. settled False Claims Act allegations with the government for $12.7 million. The allegations were first brought to the attention of the government through a former billing office employee who filed a qui tam (i.e., whistleblower) lawsuit under the False...