1. A New York anesthesiologist admitted to using his medical license to buy prescription oncology medication to sell for profit.
2. The independent dispute resolution process for out-of-network services is now available to anesthesiologists and other healthcare providers.
3. Private equity-backed hospital services company Synergy Health Partners acquired SoCal Anesthesia Solutions.
4. Lisa Wise-Faberowski, MD, an associate professor of anesthesiology, perioperative and pain medicine at the Stanford (Calif.) University School of Medicine, died Jan. 23.
5. An anesthesiologist purchased a medical office building in Colonie, N.Y., for $1.2 million.
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