Indicted Michigan Spine Surgeon In More Hot Water
January 8, 2015
In November 2014, a Michigan spine surgeon was federally indicted for alleged Medicare fraud and other criminal charges arising out of an alleged health care fraud scheme in which he performed lumbar spinal surgeries on patients and billed Medicare and other health insurers, including Medicaid [...]
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Perpetrators Of $56M Medicare Fraud Scheme Plead Guilty
December 22, 2014
On December 17, 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs announced that the mastermind of a $56 million Medicare fraud scheme and his physician-accomplice have pleaded guilty in the federal court in Louisiana to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and conspiracy to falsify r[...]
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Internal Audits Question Cancer Doctor’s Competency
September 20, 2014
A cancer doctor who worked from 1993 until 2011 at a Kansas medical practice owned by approximately seventy physicians, and now works at another physician-owned cancer center in Wichita, Kansas, was the subject of internal audits beginning in 2010 that addressed whether the oncologist treated [...]
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Florida Nursing Home Malpractice Case Alleges Wrongful Death
August 9, 2014
A Florida nursing home negligence case that was filed in July 2014 alleges that the Florida nursing home, its management companies, and two former administrators of the nursing home are responsible for the poor care and the resulting death of the nursing home resident who had lived in the nursing [...]
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Washington Hospital Sued For Medical Battery
July 27, 2014
On July 18, 2014, a medical malpractice lawsuit was filed against a hospital and a physician, for alleged medical negligence and medical battery. The medical battery claim alleges that the defendant physician performed surgery on the medical malpractice plaintiff without his consent. The Washington [...]
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3 Medical Malpractice Defenses That Don’t Hold Water
June 30, 2014
3 of the common medical malpractice defenses that do not hold up to scrutiny are as follows: Defense Number 1: “My standard practice is to …” When doctors are sued for medical malpractice, they commonly testify that they do not specifically recall the incident that the plaintiff al[...]
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