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New York Pharmacies Owners Charged With $30M COVID-19 Health Care Fraud

January 7, 2021

On December 21, 2020, two owners of more than twelve New York pharmacies were charged in an indictment for their roles in a $30 million health care fraud and money laundering scheme, in which they exploited emergency codes and edits in the Medicare system that went into effect due to the COVID-19 pa[...]

Ohio Governor Reports 60% Of Nursing Home Workers Have Refused COVID-19 Vaccine

January 3, 2021

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine reported on December 30, 2020 that 60% of Ohio’s nursing home workers have refused the COVID-19 vaccine. Governor DeWine stated during the December 30, 2020 press conference, “Our bigger concern is the amount of staff who are not taking it. I don’t have data i[...]

Superspreader Wedding In Washington Tied To At Least 7 Nursing Home Resident COVID-19 Deaths

December 28, 2020

A wedding in Washington State that was attended by more than 300 guests, including staff from three nursing homes (McKay Healthcare & Rehab Center in Soap Lake, Lake Ridge Center in Moses Lake, and Columbia Crest Center in Moses Lake) has been identified as a superspreader event, leading to at l[...]

What Happens If The COVID-19 Vaccine Injures Me?

December 24, 2020

As of the present time, reported serious side effects and adverse reactions from the COVID-19 vaccine industry have been very few and the vaccine is considered safe for most people of the appropriate age. However, because it is anticipated that so many people throughout the United States will receiv[...]

Pennsylvania Governor Vetoes Bill That Would Expand COVID-19 Immunity Protections

December 19, 2020

On November 30, 2020, Governor Tom Wolf of Pennsylvania vetoed House Bill 1737, which “would have undermined COVID-19 mitigation efforts and endangered the public health by enacting overly broad immunity protections from civil liability due to the pandemic.” Governor Wolf issued the foll[...]

Maryland Hospital Association Supports Proposed “Maryland Health Care Heroes Protection Act” That Would Vastly Expand Health Care Immunity

December 10, 2020

A proposed change to Maryland medical malpractice law, which is supported by the Maryland Hospital Association, would have the effect of “altering the definition of “health care provider” for purposes of certain provisions of law governing catastrophic health emergencies to include an empl[...]

GAO Report Highly Critical Of Trump Administration’s Response To COVID-19 Pandemic

December 3, 2020

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress appropriated $2.6 trillion in emergency assistance for people, businesses, the health care system, and state and local governments. The U. S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is examining many aspects of the federal response and is the source for [...]

Medical Malpractice Claims Involving Intraoperative Neuromonitoring For Spinal Surgery

November 25, 2020

A research article entitled “Damned if you monitor, damned if you don’t: medical malpractice and intraoperative neuromonitoring for spinal surgery” published online in the Journal of Neurosurgery in November 2020 concluded: “The use and interpretation of intraoperative neurom[...]

Physicians’ Attitudes Toward Medical Ethics, 2020

November 16, 2020

An article appearing on Medscape on November 13, 2020 entitled “Ethics 2020 Life, Death, and Painful Dilemmas A Decade of Changes in Physicians’ Attitudes” reported on the results of a survey of 5,130 physicians in the United States from July 25, 2020 to September 10, 2020 about se[...]

Study Finds Medical Device Manufacturers’ Payments To Physicians Influenced Their Device Selection

November 12, 2020

A study published on November 3, 2020 in JAMA Network entitled “Association Between Industry Payments to Physicians and Device Selection in ICD Implantation” concluded: “In this cross-sectional study, a large proportion of ICD or CRT-D implantations were performed by physicians who[...]

Surgery Medical Malpractice Statistics For 2010 Through 2019

November 11, 2020

Coverys, “a nationally recognized medical professional liability insurer and a leader in helping the medical community address the challenges of healthcare delivery in today’s rapidly changing landscape,” published a report in October 2020 entitled “A Call For Action: Insights Fr[...]

Ransomware Activity Targeting The Healthcare And Public Health Sector

November 3, 2020

On October 28, 2020, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a joint cybersecurity advisory entitled “Ransomware Activity Targeting the Healthcare and Public Health Sect[...]

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