Stories about physicians and other healthcare professionals involved in lawsuits—as either a plaintiff or a defendant—or accused of breaking the law. Various legal updates or unusual stories in the news may land here.
After Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was extradited to New York, federal prosecutors unsealed a new set of murder charges.
The U.S. Department of Justice said policies at CVS Health forbade pharmacists from discussing patients and providers who may be prescribing opiates in violation of the Controlled Substance Act.
The cardiologist suffered multiple fractures, had to have a blood clot removed from his skull and now has permanent hearing loss in one ear. He was also left with “severe and crippling depression" following the attack.
A lawsuit filed by the family of Philip Tong, 45, claims he was experiencing severe emergency symptoms that staff at Amazon One Medical should have recognized as life-threatening.
The Washington cardiologist, who also served as a colonel in the U.S. Army, will be sentenced in November. Prosecutors and his defense team have recommended he receive 31 months in prison.
The 2016 payout totaled $770 million, with $71 million going to executives at Steward Health Care. That year, the hospital chain reported a net loss of $300 million.
Baltimore sued eight companies that it claimed profited off the city’s opioid epidemic. To date, the government has received $402.5 million in settlements.
The 55-year-old was found guilty of the same crime in 2016, but only received probation. This time, he is headed to prison and was forced to surrender his medical license.
A group of 95 women sued the university’s fertility clinic for failing to secure controlled substances, resulting in them having to endure egg extractions without pain relief.
“While the result was surprising and unsatisfying, we are nevertheless pleased that the panel rejected any recovery to UHC," the California-based practice said on Thursday.