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 a three week trial, a jury found that PeaceHealth and Ralph Weiche, MD, acted in accordance with medical protocols in diagnosing Patricia Parker with a psychiatric condition, given her unusual symptoms.
Of those arrested, 96 are doctors, nurses and other healthcare providers. All face charges related to telehealth prescriptions, illegal opioid distribution and fraudulent billing practices.
Digitization of exams has made the imaging industry a “prime target” for cybercriminals, experts wrote recently in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
In a decision issued Wednesday, a judge ruled that Caremark had persuaded insurers to intentionally mislead the government regarding prescription drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries.
Deniss Zolotarjovs, 33, of Moscow, is allegedly a member of Karakurt, responsible for multiple U.S. hospital breaches, which included data being sold on the dark web.
UPDATED: “Dr. Gomes and [National Interventional Radiology Partners] clearly prioritized greed above the health and well-being of their elderly patients,” an FBI agent charged.
Christopher J. Spencer, 46, has been sentenced to six months in jail and fined for using his brother's ID and forging his signature to bill Medicare for personal care services.
On Tuesday, a federal court in Texas ruled the Federal Trade Commission overstepped its statutory authority in issuing the ban. It’s been officially halted, pending appeal.
Gina Congi was told her daughter was discharged from Mercy San Juan Medical Center. A year later, Jessie Peterson’s body was found in cold storage, a pending lawsuit claims.
The lawsuit was brought by a whistleblower accusing the insurer of lying to earn Medicare Part D contracts from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
A lawsuit claims surgeons at Emory University Hospital were forced to make a synthetic bone flap for a replacement surgery when they were unable to locate Fernando Cluster's real one.