SPINE SURGEON UNDER INVESTIGATION DISAPPEARS (Orthopedics This Week)
“Where’s Dr. Durrani?”
Atiq Durrani, M.D., a Pakistani-born spine surgeon who is under investigation for allegedly billing Medicare for three times as many lumbar spine fusions as anyone in Ohio over three years, has disappeared.
According to WXIX-Fox19 News, the Cincinnati area surgeon was arrested in July for allegedly performing unnecessary surgeries and violating federal healthcare fraud statutes. He was ordered to turn in his passport and post bond. In August the surgeon reportedly asked for permission to visit his ailin...