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Indiana Cardiologist Faces 300 Claims Of Performing Unnecessary Cardiac Procedures

January 23, 2016

An Indiana cardiologist who retired in 2015 and his medical practice are facing nearly 300 Indiana medical malpractice claims that allege that he performed unnecessary cardiac procedures, including implanting unnecessary cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators. On December 8, 2015, an Indiana medical[...]

Kentucky Settles Two Pharmaceutical Cases For $39.5M

January 7, 2016

The Attorney General of Kentucky announced on December 23, 2015 that Kentucky had settled two pharmaceutical cases on December 22, 2015 that it had brought against Purdue Pharma regarding its opiod prescription medication, OxyContin, and against Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Johnson &am[...]

Texas-Based Nursing Home Corporation Agrees To $3.2M Settlement For Ambulance Kickback Scheme

December 11, 2015

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas announced on November 30, 2015 that Texas-based Regent Management Services L.P. (“Regent”), which manages 12 separately owned and operated nursing facilities, including 11 in seven Texas cities, has agreed to pay appro[...]

Texas Supreme Court To Decide If Autopsy Is Health Care

November 17, 2015

The Texas Supreme Court will likely decide whether an autopsy is health care covered under Texas’ medical malpractice laws that make it more difficult for medical malpractice victims to recover compensatory damages for the harm they suffered as a result of medical negligence and limits (ca[...]

Maryland Pill Mill Guilty Plea

October 24, 2015

An 82-year-old Florida man pleaded guilty on October 15, 2015 in federal court in Maryland to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and other drugs at a pill mill in Maryland. According to the defendant’s plea agreement, the Maryland pill mill was an off-shoot of the Florida pill mill that he [...]

Ohio Cardiologist Found Guilty Of Medicare Fraud

October 4, 2015

On September 25, 2015, a federal jury in Ohio found an Ohio cardiologist guilty of a Medicare fraud scheme, after a four-week trial and more than a day of jury deliberations. The Ohio cardiologist was found guilty of performing unnecessary cardiac catheterizations, tests, stent insertions, and cau[...]

Two Maryland Physicians Convicted Of $2.5M Health Care Fraud

September 15, 2015

On September 4, 2015, a federal jury in Maryland convicted two Maryland physicians, who are husband and wife, of health care fraud arising out of their ownership and operation of a pain management clinic, after an eight-day trial. The alleged health care fraud involving federal health benefit prog[...]

Arizona Doctor Accused Of Sexual Abuse Of Patients, Improperly Prescribing Pain Medications

August 30, 2015

An Arizona physician finds himself defending against numerous claims of improper professional conduct, including multiple claims that he sexually abused patients and many claims that he improperly prescribed large doses of powerful pain medications for patients who were not properly examined before [...]

Maryland Man Charged With Practicing Medicine Without A License

August 17, 2015

In an unreported opinion filed on July 31, 2015 by the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Appellate Court”), the son of a Maryland physician who worked in his father’s medical office was found to have practiced medicine in Maryland without a license and the Appellate Court affi[...]

Man Indicted For Allegedly Injecting Silicone Into Women’s Buttocks In Maryland

August 11, 2015

On August 3, 2015, a federal grand jury in Maryland returned a nine-count indictment against a 44-year-old man, who was not a physician and was not otherwise licensed as a medical professional in Maryland, for allegedly obtaining and selling food grade liquid silicone from a company in Pennsylvan[...]

Maryland Whistleblower Will Receive $2.2M From $13.5M False Claims Settlement

August 6, 2015

A former Maryland sales agent for a medical device manufacturer will receive $2.2 million from the $13.5 million False Claims Act settlement recently reached between the U.S. government and the medical device manufacturer. The former sales agent had filed a federal lawsuit under the False Claims [...]

Fake California Cancer Doctor’s Home/Office Searched

July 28, 2015

An El Cerrito, California man’s home and his Richmond, California business address have been searched by law enforcement authorities in conjunction with an investigation into the man’s alleged illegal representations to patients that he was a cancer doctor, who physically examined them a[...]

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