November 9, 2021

Numerous anesthesia providers and outpatient surgery centers in Georgia, including Ambulatory Anesthesia of Atlanta, LLC and Northside Anesthesiology Consultants, LLC, have agreed to pay over $28 million to resolve kickback allegations by whistleblowers Kathleen Hartney-Velazco, M.D., Jan Kersey, and Capitol Anesthesiology, P.C., who will receive a $4.7 million cut of the settlement.  According to the whistleblowers, the anesthesia providers made payments and provided free staffing to the outpatient surgery centers in order to obtain exclusivity contracts over a ten-year period.  USAO NDGA

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