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A Bloomfield, Mich.-based physician was sentenced to four years in prison in a $6.3 million Medicare fraud scheme involving medically unnecessary orthotic braces, the Justice Department said in a June 26 news release.  What happened?

Here are five physician fraud cases Becker’s has reported on since June 17: 1. Columbus, Ohio-based Robert Florea, MD, was sentenced to 24 months in prison for a $1.5 million Medicaid fraud scheme. Dr. Florea fraudulently billed the Ohio Department…

Consolidation has become a norm for many independent physicians over the last decade.  Only 42.2% of physicians were working in private practice in 2024, a dramatic decline from 60.1% in 2012, according to the American Medical Association’s Physician Practice Benchmark…

Under the Stark law’s recruitment exception, hospitals are permitted to offer certain financial incentives to medical practices to help them bring physicians into their communities, without violating anti-kickback rules, according to a recent blog post from Chelle Law.  Here are…

Here are three hospital sales Becker’s has reported on since June 11: 1. On June 18, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost gave conditional approval for venture capital firm General Catalyst to acquire Akron-based Summa Health. The move follows a $485…

Leopoldo V. Rodriguez, MD, is an attending anesthesiologist and perioperative medicine consultant at the Medical University of South Carolina’s Lancaster Medical Center, with more than 20 years of experience shaping ambulatory anesthesia programs across the U.S. and abroad. Dr. Rodriguez’s…

Certified registered nurse anesthetist practice  laws are shifting across the U.S. as several states take legislative or regulatory action.  Since June 2024, six states have introduced or enacted changes to how CRNAs can practice: 1. In May, West Virginia Gov.…