Psychologist Malpractice
January 18, 2012
A 31-year-old Minnesota woman has filed a medical malpractice case against her former psychologist and others in Missouri, alleging that the psychologist implanted her with false memories in order to run up her treatment bills that were being paid by her health insurance company. The woman spent six[...]
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U.S. Government Alleges Kentucky Nursing Home Committed Fraud
January 17, 2012
In a complaint filed by the U.S. government against a Kentucky nursing home chain and its owners, it is alleged that the Kentucky nursing home fraudulently billed Medicare and Medicaid $16 million for worthless services and care that was so grossly deficient and abusive that it caused “egregio[...]
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Walgreens, Generic Drug Manufacturer Accused Of Overcharging
January 16, 2012
A recently filed federal lawsuit claims that the largest drugstore chain, Walgreens, and a generic drug manufacturer, Par Pharmaceuticals Cos., overcharged insurance companies, union health and welfare funds, and self-insured employers for generic versions of Prozac, Zantac, and generic versions o[...]
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Did Utah Medical Malpractice Lead to Murder?
January 15, 2012
The conservator for the two very young sons of a man who shot and killed his wife (the sons’ mother) in a church parking lot filed a medical malpractice case against the nurse practitioner and others who prescribed multiple anti-depressants and mood-altering drugs to the man that the medical [...]
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Most Hospital Medical Malpractice Events Are Unreported
January 14, 2012
A new report regarding a study of Medicare patients who were injured in hospitals found that only one in seven hospital errors were reported. And when the medical errors and hospital accidents were reported and subsequently investigated, hospitals rarely changed their practi[...]
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New Hampshire Midwife Settles Medical Malpractice Claims
January 11, 2012
A Concord, New Hampshire midwife, who had voluntarily given up her New Hampshire state license in June, 2010, settled a medical malpractice case filed against her that alleged that her medical negligence caused a newborn to suffer permanent and severe brain injuries that resulted in cerebral pal[...]
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