A Tennessee woman was sentenced to 42 months in prison for participating in a $4.6 million kickback scheme related to illegal payments in exchange for Medicare referrals for durable medical equipment.
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A physician assistant at Baton Rouge-based Louisiana Spine & Sports was sentenced to seven years in prison for his role in a scheme to unlawfully distribute prescriptions for oxycodone pills.
Alexandria, Minn.-based Heartland Orthopedic Specialists is adding nonsurgical sports medicine specialist John Harvey, MD, to its staff, the Voice of Alexandria reports.
Northern Berkshire Orthopedics added sports medicine specialist Ivette Guttmann, MD, to its staff, the Bennington Banner reports.
OrthoAtlanta is serving as the official sports medicine provider of the 2019 Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game Aug. 31.
Five spine and neurosurgeons share changes in their patient population and provide insight into how it may evolve in the future.
Retired neurosurgeon Behrouz Rassekh, MD, and his wife Christiane Rassekh were honored by the trade areas at Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln High Schools in Council Bluffs, Iowa, reports The Daily NonPareil.
Ault Field, Wash.-based Naval Health Clinic Oak Harbor opened its new facility providing orthopedic surgery, reports DVIDS Hub.
The St. Paul, Minn.-based Regions Hospital Masters Orthopedic Program, which provides prevention and treatment for fractures common among elderly patients, is expanding to Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park, Minn.
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