New Changes To Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Laws
August 11, 2012
On August 6, 2012, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick signed into law extensive changes to Massachusetts’ health care law that includes significant changes to Massachusetts’ medical malpractice law. In particular, the new law includes specific language regarding an approach to resolvin[...]
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Judge Orders FDA To Turn Over Documents In Spying Case
July 27, 2012
On July 23, 2012, a federal judge ordered the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to turn over previously undisclosed documents to attorneys for former and current employees of the FDA who claim that the FDA illegally spied on them after they reported allegedly improper medical device approvals by t[...]
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Massive New York Medicaid Drug Fraud Alleged
July 19, 2012
Federal prosecutors have charged 48 people in a massive Medicaid drug fraud scheme that cost taxpayers upwards of $500 million. The fraud allegedly involved Medicaid recipients who were prescribed expensive medications who sold their drugs to third-parties for cash. The third-parties then sold th[...]
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Dismissal Of Ohio Medical Malpractice Case Upheld
July 17, 2012
In an appeal of the dismissal of an Ohio medical malpractice case, the Court of Appeals of Ohio upheld the dismissal in its opinion filed on July 10, 2012. The trial court had dismissed the medical malpractice case because the medical malpractice plaintiff allegedly had failed to comply with an Oh[...]
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Today We Celebrate Our 500th Consecutive Daily Blog!
July 16, 2012
Today’s blog is the 500th consecutive daily blog that we have posted. We feel a great deal of pride and enormous satisfaction having reached this milestone. Looking back on our previous 499 consecutive daily blogs, we realize just how much ground we have covered: we have discussed medical m[...]
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Dog X-Ray Is Downfall Of California Pill Mill Doctor
July 15, 2012
On July 12, 2012, a California doctor was arrested for allegedly running a pill mill (a medical clinic where prescription medications are readily and easily prescribed, available, and/or dispensed with little or no proper legitimate medical need). The doctor had been under investigation for about t[...]
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Fosamax Claims
July 13, 2012
Fosamax (alendronate sodium) is a brand-name prescription drug manufactured by Merck that was first approved for use in the U.S. in 1995. Fosamax is in a class of medications called biphosphonates that increase bone density and prevent bone loss. It is used to prevent and treat osteoporosis in wome[...]
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