Ascension Medical Group St. John Primary Care Pawhuska (Okla.) closed permanently on June 30, ending Dr. James Priest’s 59-year run as the rural Oklahoma clinic’s physician, Tulsa World reported Aug. 17. Dr. Priest, now in his late 80s, joined the…
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Two New York state ophthalmology practices — Mark Fromer, doing business as Fromer Eye Centers, and Floral Park Ophthalmology — have agreed to pay a combined $2.3 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations tied to billing for transcranial doppler…
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A Lowcountry, S.C. plastic surgery practice has abruptly closed after its parent company, GVO Partners, collapsed into bankruptcy, leaving patients mid-treatment and money paid for unperformed procedures tied up in federal court, WCSC reported. Sweetgrass Plastic Surgery & Spa’s website…
The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care has released a guide to help ambulatory care organizations develop governance frameworks for AI use. The “1095 Advance AI Governance Guide” provides tools for managing AI-related risks involving patient safety, privacy, bias, cybersecurity…
A physician in Waxhaw, N.C., has been sentenced to six months in prison for allowing his Drug Enforcement Administration number to be used for unlawful opioid prescriptions, according to an Aug. 17 news release from the Justice Department. According to…
A North Carolina man and his Texas-based company have been named in a federal civil complaint alleging they billed Medicare for surgical implantation of electro-neurostimulators when the devices were actually temporary, nonsurgical electro-acupuncture devices applied behind patients’ ears, the Justice…
LaserCare Eye Center, an ophthalmology practice in Texas, is closing its location in Irving, Texas, after 26 years. The practice is planning to open a new location in Frisco, Texas, on Sept. 1. The new office will provide services including…
Mercy Fort Smith (Ark.) has opened a specialty cardiology clinic at Mercy Tower West in Fort Smith, Ark. Abdul-Nasser Adjei, MD, an interventional cardiologist, and Robert Parris, MD, a cardiologist and internal medicine specialist, are among the physicians providing care…