Anesthesia

Lesco Rogers, MD, joined the Physicians Partners of America's Winter Haven, Fla.-based practice.

The Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia rebuked a story by Kaiser Health News and USA Today, stressing that millions of procedures have been safely performed in an ASC or hospital outpatient setting.

Wichita, Kan.-based Mid-Continent Anesthesiology filed a lawsuit against two of its former presidents alleging fraud, The Wichita Eagle reports.

The American Society of Anesthesiologists joined the American Board of Medical Specialties Multi-Specialty Portfolio Program.

Gainesville, Fla.-based The Orthopaedic Institute selected Rich Gilbert, MD to serve as its new CEO. It also added William Hubbard and Michael Anderson to its leadership team.

U.S. Stem Cell, or USRM, opened the U.S. Stem Cell Clinic of The Villages in North Central Florida.

Federal officials are investigating a pain clinic in Wauwatosa, Wis., under suspicion of operating as a pill mill, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.

The federal government indicted four people in connection with a $7.8 million healthcare fraud conspiracy at Birmingham, Ala.-based Care Complete Medical Clinic.

Southeast Anesthesia Consultants, a Mednax practice, has been locked in a contract dispute with Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health for the past 18 months. The anesthesia group provided services to the health system for 37 years before the system decided to…

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