Author: Cameron Cortigiano

Sonny Saggar, MD, a physician in St. Louis, has been sentenced to 35 months in prison for defrauding Medicare and Missouri Medicaid.

St. Louis-based EyeCare Partners has named a new chief medical officer and chief physician relations officer.

Here are 10 new ASCs, outpatient surgery centers and medical office buildings receiving approval, being planned and starting construction, as reported by Becker's since Jan. 15:

The highest-paid cardiologist in Salt Lake City earns $954,900, according to Medscape's salary reporter tool, which is much higher than the mean annual wage of $423,250 cardiologists make according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Danville, Va.-based Sovah Health has added Mohammed Akhter, MD, to its medical staff.

Atlanta-based Northside Hospital Orthopedic Institute is opening two surgery centers in early 2025.

Batesville, Ind.-based Christ Hospital Heart and Vascular Institute is relocating to a different practice location in Batesville, according to a Feb. 12 report from WRBI.

The American College of Cardiology backed legislation to reverse the 2.8% cut to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.

Brian McDevitt, DO, a physician in Chapmanville, W.Va., was convicted of four counts of distribution of a controlled substance.

Adrian Talbot, MD, a physician in Slidell, La., was sentenced Feb. 5 to 87 months in prison for conspiring to illegally distribute Schedule II substances and defrauding federal healthcare benefit programs.