Anesthesia

CRH Medical entered into an agreement to develop and manage a monitored anesthesia care program at Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Digestive Health Specialists.

Nurse practitioner Lillian Akwuba was found guilty of prescribing controlled substances and committing healthcare fraud while working at the family practice of Gilberto Sanchez, MD, the Montgomery Advertiser reports.

FBI agents visited several Pain Management Associates locations during an investigation Oct. 30, WSPA 7News reports.

Los Angeles-based Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center physicians are actively exploring the use of telemedicine in the perioperative space, according to Anesthesia Business Consultants President and CEO Tony Mira.

Luis E. Cummings Jr., MD, opened a private clinic, Ponce Interventional Pain Center, in Ponce, Puerto Rico.

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Riverside Pain Physicians added three pain management specialists to its staff.

The American Association of Nurse Anesthetists awarded Kellie Deeter, CRNA, the 2018 Ira P. Gunn Award for Outstanding Professional Advocacy at the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists' annual congress, Sept. 21-25 in Boston, the Norwalk Reflector reports.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic Health System added anesthesiologist Nicole Varela, MD, to its teams in Albert Lea, Minn., and Austin, Minn., in late August, the Albert Lea Tribune reports.

Springfield, Mo.-based CoxHealth is hosting a class on managing chronic pain at Springfield-based CoxHealth Surgery Center, BuffaloReflex.com reports.

Interventional pain management specialist Anthony Clavo, MD, joined Tampa, Fla.-based Physician Partners of America's Arlington, Texas location.