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.
Thomas McNalley previously sued Toledo Radiological Associates and Vincent Keiser, MD, alleging the physician failed to diagnose a blood clot in his abdomen.
The years-long scheme involved sending kickbacks to physicians who ordered unnecessary transcranial doppler exams. Two conspirators have now been sentenced to prison and ordered to pay substantial fines.
The money was meant for Minnesota, where criminals were indicted for abusing the Medicaid system to run bogus daycare centers. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services did not specify how the state can rectify the situation to the Trump administration’s satisfaction.
A civil trial in Maine is underway, where a 71-year-old patient alleges that in 2019, her surgeon read the wrong X-ray, leading to a delayed second procedure that would have put her on the road to recovery.
Officials are examining how a radiologist's CT findings may have played a part in the untimely death, as the doctor did not notate "swirling of the mesentery" in his interpretation.
Former principal assistant deputy chief of the U.S. Department of Justice's Healthcare Fraud Unit, Lisa Miller, explains what the DOJ is looking for in healthcare fraud cases.
As a new lawsuit targets the unpopular policy, the American College of Cardiology and other medical societies worry that $100,000 fees will make the ongoing physician shortage much worse.
According to the lawsuit, the doctor followed a strict vegetarian diet and choked after he was served meat. The family also claims the airline delayed care by waiting too long to perform an emergency landing.
The Accountability Board has submitted an official proposal for UnitedHealth Group to separate its CEO and board chair positions, both currently held by Stephen Hemsley.
Jay Hospital confirmed the four employees involved have been terminated. However, the content of the images—said to show patients sleeping or medicated—remains unknown. The plaintiffs in the two lawsuits declined to sign nondisclosure settlements.
The alleged incident is not a crime in California, which has a “shield law” in place to protect the physician from interstate extradition. However, it remains unclear what would happen if he visits a state where abortion is outlawed.