The federal government has recently made clear its intention to go after healthcare providers who provide amniotic injections to certain Medicare and Medicaid recipients. Over recent years, the ...

A federal indictment says that physician assistant Ray Anthony Shoulders injected patients with amniotic fluid for pain management while he billed Medicare for a different product. He has been charged ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) are scrutinizing health care providers’ Medicare billings for amniotic injections. These injections are only ...

A Fort Worth physician’s assistant was convicted on health care fraud charges after authorities say he injected unapproved amniotic fluid into patients’ joints for pain management, federal prosecutors ...

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A Fort Worth physician assistant who injected amniotic fluid into patients’ joints in an attempt to deliver pain relief has been convicted of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud after being charged ...

In his defense of embattled doctor and Nixa state Rep. Tricia Derges, attorney Al Watkins cast his client as a woman who is "naïve but relentless" in her effort to "mend, heal and save the lives" of ...

Injecting medicine into the amniotic fluid staves off progression of spinal muscular atrophy in utero. Evidence is mounting that clinicians can treat serious genetic disorders prenatally by injecting ...

What is low amniotic fluid? Low amniotic fluid (oligohydramnios) is a condition in which the level of amniotic fluid measures lower than expected for a baby's gestational age. Under normal ...

Amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) is a life-threatening condition that affects pregnant women shortly before, during, or immediately after labor and delivery. It is a syndrome marked by the start of ...

Ray Anthony Shoulders, 36, was convicted Thursday of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and 12 counts of health care fraud. He was indicted in June 2023. A sentencing hearing will be set for a ...