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Author: Ariana Portalatin

A Kentucky physician must pay more than $567,000 in restitution for his involvement in a referral kickback scheme, according to a Nov. 23 news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

This year brought many challenges to ASCs nationwide, including COVID-19 infections, vaccination mandates and staffing shortages.

Here are four anesthesiology lawsuits Becker's has reported on this year:

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Montecito Medical has acquired a medical building housing the Texas Digestive Disease Consultants in Sherman, Texas, the medical real estate company said Nov. 23.

The American College of Gastroenterology has updated guidelines on diagnosing and treating gastroesophageal reflux disease for the first time in 13 years, HCPLive reported Nov. 22.

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