Brittney Oliver, 41, allegedly broke into American Fork (Utah) medical surgical center five times in the month of June to steal from the center's narcotics cabinet, the Daily Herald reports.
Anesthesia
A Katy, Texas, anesthesiologist paid $100,000 to resolve allegations he falsely billed Medicare for acupuncture, Woodlands Online reports.
Beverly Hills, Calif.-based Wellness Wave surgical center owner Randy Rosen, MD, and his companion allegedly defrauded 18 insurance companies for more than $51 million, local NBC affiliate NBC 4 reports.
Most of Anesthesia Business Consultants' clients are seeing volumes pick up after elective procedure restrictions, but as of late June, they haven't yet reached pre-COVID-19 levels, said Tony Mira, the company's president and CEO.
Some hospital administrators are using the pandemic as a reason to employ anesthesia providers instead of contracting with them, according to Anesthesia Business Consultants President and CEO Tony Mira.
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Anesthesiologist and trauma expert James Johnson, MD, led a team of nearly 200 physicians deployed to battle COVID-19 surges in New York City.
Prioritization, coordination and leadership are three key factors for successfully reintroducing elective cases during the COVID-19 pandemic, said American Society of Anesthesiologists President Mary Dale Peterson, MD, during a May 7 webinar.
North American Partners in Anesthesia will pull its anesthesiologists from Commonwealth Health System's hospitals June 30, after a dispute around reconciliation payments, The Citizens' Voice reports.
Anesthesiologist Amarjit Virk, MD, is entitled to the nearly $2.7 million in damages he was awarded in a wrongful termination suit against Williamsville, N.Y.-based Maple-Gate Anesthesiologists, his former employer, according to a June 8 court document obtained by Bloomberg Law.
Greenfield, Wis.-based Advanced Pain Management has reopened nine locations after filing a layoff notice with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development in April, Milwaukee Business Journal reports.