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Anesthesia
Moustafa Moataz Aboshady, MD, was found guilty of falsifying patient medical information to obtain illegal payments from Medicare and commercial insurers, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts.
Houston physician Gazelle Craig, DO, and pain management clinic owner Shane Faithful were each sentenced to 35 years in prison for running an alleged pill mill.
Jayam Krishna Iyer, MD, 66, pleaded guilty to one count of healthcare fraud Sept. 18, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida.
Nashville, Tenn.-based Envision Corp.'s Physician Services platform plans to purchase anesthesia group Nashville Anesthesia Services.
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Olean, N.Y.-based Southern Tier Anesthesiologists' supporters will hold a rally Sept. 20, rebuking Olean General Hospital's decision to drop the provider, the Olean Times Herald reports.
Adam Arredondo, MD, of Waxahachie-based Texas Anesthesia and Pain Management Institute faces up to 10 years in prison and a $100,000 fine for alleged healthcare fraud, waxahachietx.com reports.
Irving, Texas-based Northstar Anesthesia filed a lawsuit alleging Blue Island, Ill.-based Metrosouth Medical Center refused to pay for more than $1.25 million worth of anesthesia services provided, Cook County Record reports.
Middle, Tenn.-based Comprehensive Pain Specialists still hasn't released patients' medical records after closing dozens of clinics July 31, The Tennessean reports.
Former pain practice owner Atif Babar Malik, MD, was sentenced Sept. 11 to eight years in prison after being convicted of healthcare fraud and tax evasion, The Frederick News-Post reports.