$452 Million Lost To Medicare Fraud
May 6, 2012
Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the fourth nationwide sweep in the last two years for alleged illegal practices by Medicare providers (doctors, nurses, and social workers) that resulted in criminal charges against 107 Medicare providers who allegedly stole $452 mi[...]
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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[...]
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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[...]
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Epidemic Of Drug Babies In The U.S.
May 1, 2012
Babies born addicted to drugs due to their mothers’ use of illicit drugs during pregnancy is not new. However, an increasing epidemic of babies addicted to prescription medications, especially narcotics such as oxycodone, is particularly alarming. Many such newborns will be born with neonat[...]
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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[...]
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Debt Collectors Roam Hospital Departments And Patient Rooms
April 28, 2012
In a scathing compliance review report issued by Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson on April 24, 2012 entitled “Violations of Federal and State Debt Collection Laws,” the hospital debt collection practices of a large health care debt-collection company called Accretive Health, Inc.[...]
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PET Scan Use In Diagnosing Alzheimer’s Disease
April 26, 2012
One of the greatest fears among the elderly and adults approaching advanced age is the loss of cognitive function and memory due to Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia. While it is not uncommon for people without dementia to sometimes forget where they had placed their car keys, oth[...]
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