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Coronavirus (COVID-19) And Medical Malpractice: FDA’s Warning Regarding Fraudulent Prevention/Treatment Claims

March 18, 2020

The FDA issued a press release on March 9, 2020 stating, in part: “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued warning letters to seven companies for selling fraudulent COVID-19 products. These products are unapproved drugs that pose significant ri[...]

Fourteen Former Patients Sue Maryland Hospital Alleging Use Of Counterfeit Surgical Hardware

February 17, 2020

The University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center and the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) have been sued by fourteen former patients who allege in their lawsuit filed on January 6, 2020 in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City that an orthopedic surgeon who works at the hosp[...]

Former California Cosmetic Surgeon Extradited From Israel To Begin Twenty-Year Sentence For Health Care Fraud

February 7, 2020

The Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California announced on January 24, 2020 that a dermatologist who became a cosmetic surgeon and oversaw a long-running health care fraud scheme that conned insurance companies into paying tens of millions of dollars for u[...]

Missouri Supreme Court Affirms That Medical Malpractice Fraudulent Concealment Claims Were Time Barred

January 5, 2020

The December 10, 2019 opinion of the Supreme Court of Missouri affirmed a lower court ruling that the Missouri medical malpractice plaintiffs’ fraudulent concealment claims against the defendant health care providers were time barred because the facts upon which they now rely to show fraud wer[...]

DNA Diagnostics Center Sued By Baltimore Man For False Paternity Test Result

December 30, 2019

A Baltimore man who was determined by DNA Diagnostics Center to be the father of a one-year-old girl based on its at-home DNA testing kit and later learned by repeat DNA testing that he was not the father has filed a lawsuit against the company, seeking $75,000 in compensatory damages for his costs [...]

Virginia OBGYN Arrested And Charged With Performing Unnecessary Surgeries Without Patient Consent

December 2, 2019

A 69-year-old Virginia OBGYN was arrested on November 7, 2019 on one count of health care fraud and one count of making false statements relating to health care matters arising out of a whistleblower’s complaint that he was performing unnecessary surgeries on female patients without their cons[...]

$8 Billion Risperdal Punitive Damages Award

October 17, 2019

A Philadelphia jury awarded a Maryland man $1.75 million in compensatory damages (which was later reduced to $680,000) against Johnson & Johnson’s subsidiary unit, Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“Janssen”), in 2015 but the jury was not permitted at that time to consider awardin[...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Discusses Proof Necessary For Default Judgment Damages Against Defendant Who Misrepresented He Was A Physician

October 1, 2019

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”), in its non-precedential decision filed on September 9, 2019, addressed the issue, “To what extent does a plaintiff in a tort action, who obtains a default judgment, have to prove a causal connection between the to[...]

The Underbelly Of The Stem Cell Industry Exposed

August 28, 2019

The results of a joint investigation undertaken by The New Yorker and ProPublica that was published on May 7, 2019 entitled “The Birth-Tissue Profiteers” found that “alongside legitimate, scientifically proven treatments, an industry has sprung up in which specialized clinics offer[...]

Toronto OB/GYN Induced Labor In Patients Without Their Consent To Line His Pockets With Profits

August 11, 2019

A long-time Toronto, Canada obstetrician/gynecologist had his ability to practice medicine revoked after an investigation determined that he induced labor in his patients by giving them dangerous drugs to hasten delivery, without their knowledge or consent, so that they would deliver their babies on[...]

Maryland Hospital Agrees To Pay $3,154,000 To Settle False Claims Allegations

July 16, 2019

The United States Attorney’s Office District of Maryland announced on June 27, 2019 that Anne Arundel Medical Center (“AAMC”), located in Annapolis, Maryland, has agreed to pay the United States $3,154,000 to settle allegations under the False Claims Act that it submitted false cla[...]

MedStar Health Agrees To Pay U.S. $35 Million To Resolve Allegations That It Paid Kickbacks To MidAtlantic Cardiovascular Associates In Exchange For Referrals

April 3, 2019

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on March 21, 2019 that MedStar Health Inc. (“MedStar”), which has its headquarters in Columbia, Maryland, MedStar Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, and MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center in Baltimore, have agreed to pay the United States $[...]

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