Former Indiana Surgeon Sentenced To Seven Years In Prison
October 20, 2012
On October 12, 2012, a former Indiana surgeon was sentenced by a federal judge to seven years in federal prison, twice the amount of time recommended by federal sentencing guidelines, as a result of his conviction for billing patients and their insurance companies for procedures that he had not per[...]
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Lyme Disease Misdiagnosis Disaster In The United States
October 17, 2012
Every week we receive many inquiries from people who have been diagnosed with Lyme disease who want to know if they have a possible medical malpractice claim for the failure of their primary care physicians or other health care providers to order timely and appropriate medical testing for Lyme dis[...]
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Fungal Meningitis Outbreak: More NECC Products Are Suspected
October 16, 2012
The FDA issued a press release on October 15, 2012 regarding the ongoing fungal meningitis outbreak in the United States that is suspected to be associated with contaminated epidural steroid injections manufactured by the New England Compounding Center (“NECC”) since May 21, 2012. The [...]
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Oregon Neurosurgeon Agrees To Surrender His Medical License
October 15, 2012
A 42-year-old neurosurgeon in Oregon who faces more than 30 medical malpractice lawsuits against him has agreed to surrender his Oregon medical license, which the Oregon Medical Board (“Board”) approved during its meeting on October 9, 2012. The Board had issued a Complaint and Notice[...]
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What Is A “Compounding Pharmacy”?
October 12, 2012
With the current attention being focused on the fungal meningitis outbreak in the United States that appears to be the result of contaminated epidural steroid injections manufactured by the compounding pharmacy, New England Compounding Center (“NECC”), you may wonder, what is a compou[...]
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Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Update By The CDC
October 11, 2012
On October 10, 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) issued an update regarding the recent fungal meningitis outbreak in which it reported that there have been 137 cases of fungal meningitis allegedly associated with contaminated epidural steroid injections in 1[...]
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CDC’s Fungal Meningitis Update (October 7, 2012)
October 8, 2012
On October 7, 2012, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) updated the information regarding the recent fungal meningitis outbreak in the United States. The CDC update stated: CDC is coordinating a multistate investigation of meningitis among patients who received e[...]
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Fungal Meningitis Outbreak
October 7, 2012
On October 6, 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that seven people have died as a result of a fungal meningitis outbreak, and 64 people in 9 U.S. states have been diagnosed with fungal meningitis that are linked to the use of contaminated steroid injections (epidu[...]
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