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Iowa Physician Charged With Improper Pain Management, Opioid Prescription Abuse

August 17, 2017

On July 20, 2017, the Iowa Board of Medicine (“Board”) filed its Statement of Charges against an Iowa family practice doctor who engaged in pain management, charging him with willfully or repeatedly violating a lawful rule or regulation adopted by the Board when he violated the standards[...]

Michigan Appellate Court Affirms Physician’s Discipline For Prescribing Over 25,000 Controlled Substances

May 18, 2017

In its unpublished opinion filed on April 25, 2017, the State of Michigan Court of Appeals (“Michigan Appellate Court”) upheld the order of the Michigan Board of Medicine (“Board”) suspending a doctor’s license to practice medicine for six months and a day, renderin[...]

Wisconsin VA Medical Center Sued For Veteran’s Death

September 3, 2016

The family of a Marine veteran filed a medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit against the U.S. in federal court on August 29, 2016, alleging that the Tomah, Wisconsin VA Medical Center’s treatment of the 35-year-old veteran of the Marine Corps was negligent, that the veteran’s mental[...]

Maryland Pill Mill Guilty Plea

October 24, 2015

An 82-year-old Florida man pleaded guilty on October 15, 2015 in federal court in Maryland to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and other drugs at a pill mill in Maryland. According to the defendant’s plea agreement, the Maryland pill mill was an off-shoot of the Florida pill mill that he [...]

Medical License Of Maryland Psychiatrist Summarily Suspended

August 31, 2014

By its order dated August 27, 2014, a Maryland psychiatrist’s medical license was summarily suspended by the Maryland State Board of Physicians (“Board”) after the Board concluded that the public health, safety, or welfare “imperatively requires emergency action.” The [...]

$2.88M Kansas Medical Malpractice Verdict For Suicide After Pain Management Injections

April 11, 2014

A 40-year-old physically active Kansas man had chronic lower back pain for which he sought steroid injections intended to alleviate his pain. He first had epidural steroid injections into his back in May 2008 that were performed at a pain management clinic run by Board-certified anesthesiologists. W[...]

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