Five must-read articles this week:
1. A New Jersey surgery center owner accused of underreporting his facility's billings will fulfill his end of a fraud settlement and pay $718,000 to the state and $145,000 in attorney's fees.
2. How compensation has changed for employed and independent physicians
3. The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy outlined how the CMS final rule for 2020 will affect gastroenterologists.
4. Certain spine procedures cost significantly less when performed at ASCs instead of hospital outpatient departments, according to Medicare's Procedure Price Lookup tool.
5. The 24 ASCs that were opened or announced last month.