By Claire Wolters | Fact-checked by Davi Sherman | Published April 22, 2024 Key Takeaways A doctor is being investigated for manipulating patient records, effectively making some patients ineligible for liver transplants. Historically, reports show that doctors have manipulated transplant waiting lists to both grant and deny patients eligibility. Some manipulation tactics may be related […]
By Patrick Phillips Published: Aug. 22, 2023 at 5:23 PM CDT|Updated: Aug. 22, 2023 at 5:24 PM CDT CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – The estate of a Charleston County man filed a lawsuit against a hospital, multiple businesses and a physician alleging negligence and recklessness. The lawsuit, filed by the estate of James Sams, states that […]
By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Updated 5:56 PM EDT, Tue August 8, 2023 A Queens doctor has been charged with drugging, raping and filming the sexual assaults of a string of women, including patients at the prominent New York hospital where he practiced, according to prosecutors. Zhi Alan Cheng, who was first arrested and charged with […]
Published: Aug. 01, 2023, 12:07 p.m. By Claudia Dimuro | cdimuro@pennlive.com A woman went into a Pennsylvanian fertility treatment center expecting a routine procedure. She instead became the victim of a horrible medical foul-up. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports how 33-year-old Christine (identified by her first name only at her request) had visited Main Line Fertility […]
Thursday, May 4, 2023 ATLANTA – Rajesh Motibhai Patel, a primary care physician at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Decatur, Georgia, has been indicted on multiple counts of violating his patients’ constitutional right to bodily integrity while acting under color of law and for engaging in unwanted sexual contact. “Our Veterans have made incredible […]
by: Vickie Binkley Posted: Apr 30, 2023 / 09:50 PM EDT Updated: May 1, 2023 / 11:54 AM EDT MARION, Ind. – The lawyers representing 83 women have filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against Dr. William David Moore and 3 healthcare entities. The Marion, Ind. physician who had his license suspended in March, is accused of photographing women’s […]
— Largest coordinated action targeting COVID healthcare fraud also includes clinic owners by Sophie Putka, Enterprise & Investigative Writer, MedPage Today April 21, 2023 The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a slew of criminal charges against 18 individuals working in healthcare — including doctors and nurses — for allegedly stealing a total of $490 million in funds […]
by: Will Conybeare Posted: Apr 18, 2023 / 03:09 PM PDT A former doctor from West Hollywood was sentenced to seven years in federal prison for scheming to defraud private insurance companies and the Tricare health care program for U.S. military service members of hundreds of millions of dollars. Julian Omidi, who ran the 1-800-GET-THIN […]
By Stephanie Behring | Fact-checked by Jessica Wrubel | Published April 13, 2023 Key Takeaways Organ Transplant and Procurement Network (OTPN) has faced criticism for issues such as lack of transparency, poor handling of donated organs, racial inequalities, and long wait times. The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Service Administration Branch […]
Thursday, April 13, 2023 LITTLE ROCK—An Arkansas doctor at the heart of a $12 million scheme to defraud TRICARE will spend the next 102 months in federal prison. Earlier today, United States District Judge Kristine G. Baker sentenced Joe David May, a.k.a. Jay May, 42, of Alexander, to 102 months’ imprisonment and ordered him to […]
Los Angeles Times BY SALVADOR HERNANDEZSTAFF WRITER APRIL 5, 2023 6:49 PM PT An Irvine dermatologist is facing multiple felony charges, including three counts of trying to poison her husband with a liquid drain cleaner, in an alleged plot uncovered after her husband secretly installed cameras around their home. A grand jury indicted Yue “Emily” […]
— After demanding single-use devices, agency finds they have their own problems by John Gever, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today March 27, 2023 f you thought the introduction of single-use duodenoscope components had made these devices safe, the FDA has some unwelcome news for you. The agency recently sent a warning letter to Olympus Medical Systemsopens in […]
Danielle Fitzpatrick,Kirstin Pirie ,Gillian Reeves,Jane Green,Valerie Beral † Published: March 21, 2023 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004188 Abstract Background Current or recent use of combined oral contraceptives (containing oestrogen+progestagen) has been associated with a small increase in breast cancer risk. Progestagen-only contraceptive use is increasing, but information on associated risks is limited. We aimed to assess breast cancer risk […]
— Threefold rate for giving hyaluronic acid shots among those paid more than $100 by John Gever, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today March 20, 2023 Physicians accepting payments from drug and device companies administered significantly more hyaluronic acid (HA) injections to Medicare beneficiaries for knee osteoarthritis, researchers found. Those receiving more than $100 in cash or […]
About 80 devices were seized from Dr. Bradford Ferrick’s homes in Winchester and Amherst, including hidden camera systems, last month, and thousands of images and videos showing suspected sexual images of children, federal prosecutors say By Asher Klein • Published March 14, 2023 • Updated on March 15, 2023 at 9:06 am A Massachusetts family […]
— Medical device company admits wrongdoing, agrees to settlement that includes $10 million penalty by Michael DePeau-Wilson, Enterprise & Investigative Writer, MedPage Today March 10, 2023 The founder and former CEO of Stimwave was arrested and charged with creating and selling nerve stimulation devices with a non-functioning component that was implanted into chronic pain patients […]
JBJS Case Connect. 2022 Nov 3;12(4). doi: 10.2106/JBJS.CC.22.00192. eCollection 2022 Oct 1. Yong-Bum Joo 1, Woo-Yong Lee, Young-Mo Kim, Byung-Kuk Ahn Affiliations expand PMID: 36821000 DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.CC.22.00192 Abstract Case: A 73-year-old woman with advanced ankylosing spondylitis (AS) underwent closed reduction and internal fixation using antegrade intramedullary nailing because of midshaft fracture of her right femur. After […]
— Prosecutors allege a spate of odd deaths while Jennifer Anne Hall was employed at the hospital by Kristina Fiore, Director of Enterprise & Investigative Reporting, MedPage Today May 12, 2022 A respiratory therapist has been charged with murder 20 years after a spate of strange deaths and emergencies at a small rural hospital in […]
— Dozens of patients allege Fabio Ortega, MD, abused them while hospital system turned a blind eye by Sophie Putka, Enterprise & Investigative Writer, MedPage Today October 22, 2021 Chicago-area ob/gyn Fabio Ortega, MD, was sentenced to 3 years in prison on Tuesday after pleading guilty to two criminal sexual assaults, but the victims’ lawyer […]
— Dinesh Shah, MD, allegedly billed for tests that were unnecessary or never done by Kristina Fiore, Director of Enterprise & Investigative Reporting, MedPage Today March 23, 2021 Cardiologist Dinesh Shah, MD, has paid the U.S. government $2 million to settle charges that he billed federal healthcare programs for diagnostic tests that weren’t necessary or […]