Anesthesia

Anesthesia practices — along with other providers — must now refund Medicare overpayment within 60 days of identifying the overpayment, according to Medicare's Final Rule issued in February.

There have been more than 100,000 ransomeware attacks since January 2013 and it's important for anesthesia practices to take protective action, according to an Anesthesia Business Consultants report.

Anesthesiologist Casey Drawert, MD, was killed by her husband in a murder-suicide, according to a Kens 5 Eyewitness News report.

North Houston Anesthesiologists joined San Antonio-based STAR Anesthesia.

According to Recruiter.com, Ohio is the highest-paying state for anesthesiologists and Puerto Rico is the lowest paying.

The American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine named Lauren Steffel, MD, its 2016 Resident/Fellow of the Year.

MiraMed subsidiary Ajuba International was named a member of the 2016 Global Outsourcing 100 on behalf of the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals.

Plexus Technology Group presented at the 2016 Health Information Management Systems Society annual conference in Las Vegas.

The Michigan Society of Anesthesiologists named John LaGorio, MD, president, according to an M Live report.

U.S. District Judge Reed C. O'Connor convicted anesthesiologist and co-founder of Dallas-based Forest Park Medical Center system Richard F. Toussaint Jr., MD, of committing a $10 million healthcare fraud scheme, according to a Dallas Business Journal report.