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$50 Million Settlement Paid By Drug Supplier To Nursing Homes

May 14, 2012

A company that provides drugs to nursing homes and other long-term care facilities recently settled federal civil claims against it that alleged that the company dispensed drugs to nursing homes without proper prescriptions for the medications. The $50 million settlement involves allegations that th[...]

Maryland Federal Judge Says Courts Cannot Review Medicare Payment Method

May 12, 2012

On May 9, 2012, a Maryland federal court judge determined that Congress precluded the courts from reviewing the method by which Medicare determines how much doctors get paid by Medicare. Six Georgia physicians had brought a federal lawsuit challenging the method by which the Physician Fee Sch[...]

Accutane Jury Verdict Upheld

May 11, 2012

Accutane (isotretinoin) is a prescription acne medication manufactured by Hoffman-La Roche that was first introduced in the United States in 1982. Accutane was used to treat severe acne (nodular and/or inflammatory acne) that could not be cleared up by using other acne treatments, such as antibi[...]

Maryland Stent Doctor’s License Remains Revoked

May 9, 2012

A Maryland cardiologist whose license to practice medicine in Maryland had been revoked by the Maryland State Board of Physicians (“Board”) had appealed the Board’s license revocation to the courts, where a judge denied his appeal on May 7, 2012. The Board had revoked the doctor&#[...]

$1.6 BILLION Pharmaceutical Company Payment For Off-Labeling Marketing

May 8, 2012

The large pharmaceutical company Abbott Laboratories (“Abbott”) has agreed to pay $1.6 billion, the second largest payment by a drug company, to settle an investigation into its drug marketing practices (the largest payment was $2.3 billion that was paid by Pfizer Inc. in 2009). The[...]

New Jersey Nursing Home Abuse Caught On Video

May 5, 2012

In one of the most disturbing and frightful examples of nursing home violence against a nursing home resident that was caught on video, an 87-year-old paralyzed woman was shown being struck violently and cursed at by the very aides who were supposed to be providing her with necessary care. Th[...]

Colorado Medical Malpractice Verdict For Infected Bedsores Leading To Death

May 4, 2012

A Colorado medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in the amount of $3.2 million in favor of the family of an 88-year-old-man in a nursing home who died from infected bedsores, one of which was the size of a baseball, that were allegedly not properly treated. The nursing home that is responsib[...]

Inappropriate Use Of Anti-Psychotic Medications In Nursing Homes

May 3, 2012

Federal data recently reviewed by a major newspaper pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act request reveals that the inappropriate use of anti-psychotic medications for nursing home residents is rampant. Anti-psychotic medications are typically used in the treatment of severe mental disorders suc[...]

Medical Malpractice Claims Lead To Legal Malpractice Claims

May 2, 2012

A Putnam County, West Virginia attorney and his two former law partners are being sued for legal malpractice for the third time in a year for their alleged wrongful handling of medical malpractice claims against the same doctor. In this most recent case filed on April 13, 2012, the three plaintiff[...]

Medical Malpractice Payouts Statistics For 2011

April 30, 2012

An analysis of the medical malpractice payouts data reported for 2011 to the National Practitioner Data Bank was performed by Diederich Healthcare, which is a national medical malpractice insurance company that provides medical malpractice insurance and consulting services to over 13,000 healthcar[...]

Connecticut Senate Passes Medical Malpractice Bill To Reform Prior Reforms

April 29, 2012

On April 27, 2012, the Connecticut Senate passed by a margin of 32 to 3 a medical malpractice bill that would reform Connecticut’s medical malpractice reforms enacted in 2005. In particular, the proposed bill would revise the requirement that medical malpractice plaintiffs obtain a written rep[...]

Indiana Medical Malpractice Verdict Upheld On Appeal In Failure To Diagnose Colon Cancer Case

April 27, 2012

On April 12, 2012, the Court of Appeals of Indiana filed its decision in a medical malpractice case in which the plaintiff alleged that his gastroenterologist failed to timely diagnose his colon cancer. The Court of Appeals upheld the verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $1.25 millio[...]

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