A cardiologist is suing CoxHealth for wrongly removing his admitting privileges and reporting to national organizations and federal agencies that the doctor was an “IMMEDIATE THREAT TO THE PUBLIC.”
Dr. Keesag Baron is suing CoxHealth and the CoxHealth Ferrell Duncan Clinic for terminating his admitting privileges, which the petition alleges was done intentionally to force Baron’s patients to return to CoxHealth or FDC; for defamation; and for violating the Sherman Act, an anti-trust law meant to protect competition for the sake of consumers, according to the Federal Trade Commission.
Baron is a cardiologist who has been registered with the Missouri Board of Healing Arts, the state licensing board, since 1995 and has no disciplinary measures against him. He runs Baron Cardiology Group in Springfield and has been involved in numerous biomedical advances for cardiac patients, according to his website. Baron is married to Rita Baron, who owns a local architectural firm and is chair of Drury University’s board of trustees.