Maryland County Announces Plan To Sue Opioid Manufacturers
September 19, 2017
On September 6, 2017, Anne Arundel County, Maryland (the Maryland county in which the state capital, Annapolis, is located) announced its intention to pursue legal action against opioid manufacturers, distributors, and local “pill mill” doctors who have contributed to the worsening opioi[...]
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OIG Report On Nursing Home Abuse And Neglect
September 15, 2017
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a memorandum dated August 24, 2017 entitled “Early Alert: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Has Inadequate Procedures To Ensure That Incidents of Potential Abuse or Neglect a[...]
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Texas Nursing Home Complaints Spike Since Hurricane Harvey
September 13, 2017
We have experienced a spike in inquiries regarding Texas nursing home complaints since Hurricane Harvey devastated parts of Texas in late August 2017. Many of the heart-wrenching complaints involve not only the conditions nursing home residents are experiencing since Hurricane Harvey barreled throug[...]
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$417M Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder Ovarian Cancer Verdict
August 22, 2017
A California jury returned its verdict on August 21, 2017 in the amount of $417 million in favor of a woman who had used Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder for decades and later developed ovarian cancer. The California jury’s verdict included $70 million in compensatory damages and an additiona[...]
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$17.6M Opioid Malpractice Verdict
July 26, 2017
A Missouri medical malpractice jury awarded the plaintiffs $17.6 million on June 27, 2017 after a seven-day trial in a medical malpractice case against the plaintiff’s former primary care physician who was alleged to have prescribed ever-increasing amounts of opioids for the plaintiff’s [...]
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Drug And Medical Device Companies Paid $8,180,000,000 To 631,000 Physicians For Travel, Research, Speaking Fees, And Meals In 2016
July 5, 2017
Open Payments is a federal program, required by the Affordable Care Act, that collects information about the payments drug and device companies make to physicians and teaching hospitals for things like travel, research, gifts, speaking fees, and meals. It also includes ownership interests that physi[...]
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