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Federal Appellate Court Applies Witness Litigation Privilege To Protect Doctor From His Questionable Testimony

November 17, 2018

The plaintiffs brought suit against Dr. Paul Wheeler and Johns Hopkins Health System and others for Dr. Wheeler’s actions as an expert witness in administrative hearings for the Federal Black Lung Program. Dr. Wheeler, along with his radiology unit at Johns Hopkins University, provided expert opin[...]

Texas Doctor And Texas Pill Mill Owner Sentenced To 35 Years In Prison

October 6, 2018

A Texas physician and the owner of a Texas pain management clinic that federal prosecutors identified as a pill mill were sentenced on September 20, 2018 to 35 years (420 months) in prison for providing tens of thousands of unlawful prescriptions for millions of doses of opioids and other controlled[...]

Maryland Pill Mill Doctor Sentenced To Five Years In Prison

August 30, 2018

The Maryland Attorney General announced on August 3, 2018 that a Maryland doctor has been sentenced to two, five-year concurrent prison sentences after pleading guilty to a charge of Medicaid fraud and a charge of conspiracy to commit Medicaid fraud. The former Maryland pill mill doctor was also ord[...]

Signature Healthcare Agrees To Pay More Than $30M To Resolve False Claims Allegations

August 6, 2018

On June 11, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Tennessee announced that Signature HealthCARE, LLC (“Signature”) has agreed to pay more than $30 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitt[...]

Texas Hospice Nurse Who Admitted To Hastening Patients’ Deaths Hasn’t Been Charged With Murder

July 25, 2018

A 34-year-old Texas hospice nurse who reportedly admitted that she intentionally overdmedicated two hospice patients in order to hasten their deaths, at the alleged direction of her employer’s CEO, apparently will avoid being charged with murder by agreeing to plead guilty to one count of cons[...]

Missouri Appellate Court Opens Door To Fraud Claims Against Hospital After Wrongful Death Claims Were Dismissed

July 21, 2018

The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District (“Missouri Appellate Court”) decided in its opinion filed on June 19, 2018 that the families of patients who died when the defendant hospital’s respiratory therapist killed their relatives could pursue fraudulent concealment claims aga[...]

$240 Million Health Care Fraud Allegedly Committed By Texas Doctor

June 3, 2018

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on May 14, 2018 that a 61-year-old physician based in the McAllen, Texas area has been charged in an indictment for his role in a $240 million health care fraud and international money laundering scheme. The seven-count indictment includes one count of conspi[...]

U.S. Accuses Insys Therapeutics Of Paying Kickbacks To Physicians To Prescribe Opioid Spray

June 2, 2018

The United States intervened in five lawsuits on April 13, 2018 that accuse Insys Therapeutics Inc. (“Insys”) of violating the False Claims Act in connection with the marketing of Subsys, a sublingual spray form of fentanyl (a powerful but highly addictive opioid painkiller), which was a[...]

South Dakota Federal Court Sentences 3 Conspirators In $16.6M Fraudulent Medical Device Scheme

May 14, 2018

On April 20, 2018, a South Dakota federal judge sentenced three conspirators who admitted to marketing and selling light-emitting medical devices (“QLaser”) as a cure-all to mostly elderly consumers. The 83-year-old ringleader who was the primary organizer of the fraudulent medical devic[...]

$3.5M Settlement In LAP-BAND False Claims Act Whistleblower Lawsuit

April 26, 2018

On April 16, 2018, the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland announced that Allergan Inc. (“Allergan”) has agreed to pay $3.5 million to resolve allegations that Allergan caused health care providers to submit false claims to Medicare and other federal healthcare programs r[...]

Federal Lawsuit Claims Idaho Fertility Doctor Used His Own Sperm To Impregnate His Patient

April 18, 2018

A 36-year-old Washington State woman filed a federal lawsuit in Idaho in March 2018 in which she claims that an Idaho fertility doctor mixed in his own sperm with the sperm of her mother’s husband during fertility treatments, which resulted in her birth. The woman recently discovered that her [...]

$33.2 Million Settlement For Defective Medical Testing Device

April 10, 2018

Patients and their doctors rely on the safety and effectiveness of medical testing devices when making decisions regarding diagnosis and medical care. Defective or faulty medical testing devices put patient safety at risk and may result in the wrong decisions being made regarding medical treatment, [...]

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