Novartis Settles Texas Medicaid Fraud Claim Involving Elidel
November 11, 2012
It was announced on October 30, 2012 by the Texas Attorney General that the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis has agreed to pay $19.9 million to settle a civil Medicaid fraud enforcement action by the State of Texas and the U.S. government that alleged that it illegally marketed for “of[...]
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Texas Medicare Fraud Scheme Results In Long Prison Sentences
November 6, 2012
The U.S. Department of Justice has announced that two Texas men have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms for their alleged participation in a Medicare fraud scheme involving durable medical equipment (“DME”). The manager and driver for a Houston, Texas DME company received prison se[...]
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Texas Dental Malpractice Trial For Death Of 22 Month Old
October 2, 2012
A medical malpractice jury trial in Texas is shedding light on the circumstances of the death of a 22-month-old toddler who died the day after Christmas in December, 2009, as a result of alleged dental malpractice. The brain-dead toddler was placed on life-support for 15 days after the dental pro[...]
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Chiropractor Malpractice Statistics
September 27, 2012
Quoting from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Chiropractors treat patients with health problems of the musculoskeletal system, which is made up of bones, muscles, ligaments, and tendons. They use spinal manipulation and other techniqu[...]
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Texas Doctor Defending First Of 18 Medical Malpractice Cases
September 19, 2012
A Wichita Falls, Texas doctor is presently involved in jury selection in one of at least eighteen local medical malpractice cases filed against him. And medical malpractice claims are not the only professional claims that must concern him — the FBI raided the doctor’s office in April, 20[...]
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What Is Medical Malpractice? (Idaho, New Mexico, Texas, Virginia)
September 15, 2012
What is medical malpractice? Here are the “official” definitions of medical malpractice from Idaho, New Mexico, Texas, and Virginia: Idaho TITLE 6, ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES, CHAPTER 10, MEDICAL MALPRACTICE, 6-1012. Proof of community standard of health care practice in malpractice[...]
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Texas Theft Of Nursing Home Medications
July 25, 2012
A certified medication aide at a Texas nursing home who had worked at the nursing home since December, 2010 has been charged with stealing medications intended for nursing home patients and giving them to her common-law husband to sell. It is alleged that the woman would document in the nursing ho[...]
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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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Texas Medical Malpractice Claim Based On Surgeon’s Disability
April 13, 2012
A Texas woman has recently filed a medical malpractice claim against her former surgeon, claiming that the surgeon was dealing with his cancer at the time of her surgery that led to the surgeon’s failure to perform her surgery properly due to his alleged physical disability from the cancer and[...]
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California Nursing Home Medical Malpractice Turns Criminal
March 19, 2012
A 77-year-old Alzheimer’s patient, who had been married to her 81-year-old husband for 60 years, was admitted into a California nursing home for care so that she could recover from pneumonia. At the time of her admission to the nursing home, it was known that the woman was prone to chronic[...]
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