The doctor allegedly targeted some patients more than ten times, treating them again and again with procedures that were not medically necessary. 

Former Kaiser Permanente nurse Maria Gatchalian will receive $11.49 million in compensatory damages from her ex-employer, $9 million of which is to make amends for emotional distress, along with some $30 million in punitive damages.

Prosecutors successfully argued that the patient would not have died if clinicians had ordered a routine CT exam. 

The health system allegedly ended an ongoing contract with little notice, leaving clinicians and patients without the services of a cardiovascular surgery program. 

“I’ve been a lawyer for 40 years now, and I’ve never heard of a malpractice verdict like this,” the plaintiff attorney said. 

A heavyweight bipartisan duo in the U.S. Senate has begun grilling some for-profit healthcare providers and the private equity outfits that own them.

The alleged scheme involved a series of diagnostic procedures that, according to the U.S. government, were not medically necessary. 

Neurosurgeon Payam Toobian, MD, oversaw a scam in which two physicians would receive gift cards and cash in exchange for referrals to his imaging center.