Federal Malpractice Claims Archives - Page 11 of 12

Florida Supreme Court Expected To Rule On Florida’s Medical Malpractice Cap Soon

December 31, 2012

The Florida Supreme Court heard oral arguments in February, 2012 in a case that may determine the constitutionality of Florida’s cap on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases that was enacted in 2003 (the cap is $500,000 or $1 million under certain circumstances, depending on the[...]

Prison Medical Malpractice Birth Injury Case Settled For $8 Million

December 19, 2012

A woman who was jailed in 1998 in Wayne County, Michigan went into labor while she was incarcerated. The jail had her transported to a local hospital but she was sent back to jail two hours later. Back in jail, her labor pains intensified, causing other inmates to yell for the guards to assist the [[...]

Is This The Largest Case Of Medicare Fraud Ever?

December 2, 2012

A Denver, Colorado-based company called DaVita Inc. (“DaVita”) is a $7 billion company and one of the largest dialysis companies in the United States, with about 2,000 dialysis centers located throughout the United States. DaVita recently moved into its own office tower in Denver that r[...]

Florida $1.25 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict For Hepatitis C Contracted During Colonoscopy

November 26, 2012

A 70-year-old Florida Air Force veteran had a colonoscopy in 2007 at the Miami Veterans Administration Medical Center (“V.A. Medical Center”). He had been tested for hepatitis C in 2006 that was reported as negative. But in 2009, after receiving a letter from the V.A. stating that he [...]

Skilled Nursing Facilities Received $1.5 Billion In Inappropriate Medicare Payments In 2009

November 18, 2012

Earlier this month, the Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a report entitled “Inappropriate Payments to Skilled Nursing Facilities Cost Medicare More Than a Billion Dollars in 2009.” Skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) rece[...]

Chicago Psychiatrist Charged With Receiving Illegal Kickbacks And Filing False Claims

November 17, 2012

The Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois announced on November 15, 2012 the filing of a civil fraud lawsuit against a Chicago psychiatrist, alleging that the psychiatrist received illegal kickbacks from pharmaceutical companies for prescribing anti-psychotic drugs and had [...]

Family Of Navy Veteran Sues Virginia VA Medical Center After Her Suicide

November 16, 2012

A female Navy veteran who was discharged from active military service in 1997 and had been receiving medical care at the Hampton Veterans Medical Center in Virginia (“VA Medical Center”) since the 1990s, committed suicide on November 12, 2010 by ingesting her prescription medication Se[...]

Medical Device Manufacturer Agrees To Settle Illegal Kickbacks Claim

November 12, 2012

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on November 2, 2012 that Orthofix International NV (“Orthofix”), a spinal implant and other spinal products manufacturer headquartered in Curacao, has agreed to pay the United States $30 million to settle allegations that its subsidiary, Blacksto[...]

Novartis Settles Texas Medicaid Fraud Claim Involving Elidel

November 11, 2012

It was announced on October 30, 2012 by the Texas Attorney General that the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis has agreed to pay $19.9 million to settle a civil Medicaid fraud enforcement action by the State of Texas and the U.S. government that alleged that it illegally marketed for “of[...]

Missouri Vioxx Class Action Lawsuit Settled

November 5, 2012

Merck & Co. Inc. (“Merck”) has agreed to settle class action claims against it filed in Missouri regarding its former drug, Vioxx. The Missouri class action lawsuit that was filed eight years ago alleged that Merck violated the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act when it sold and [...]

FDA’S Disturbing Inspection Of The New England Compounding Center

October 29, 2012

The FDA issued a report on October 26, 2012 regarding its inspection of the facilities of the New England Compounding Center (NECC) that took place on October 1-2, 4-5, 9, 15, and 26, 2012, and the reported observations are disturbing. NECC is at the center of the recent fungal meningitis outbrea[...]

New York Hospital Agrees To Pay $7 Million Civil Fraud Settlement

October 28, 2012

On October 24, 2012, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that a New York public hospital, Westchester Medical Center (“WMC”), through its parent corporation, has agreed to pay $7 million to settle a federal civil fraud lawsuit filed under the False Claims A[...]

« 1 … 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 »

Category: Federal Malpractice Claims