Maryland Stent Claim Settled
May 17, 2014
A Maryland medical malpractice case against a former cardiologist and a local hospital in Maryland that had been filed in September 2012 was dismissed as a result of a settlement order that was entered on April 30, 2014. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed. The former doctor is presently [...]
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$37M Settlement Of Maryland Stent Claims Announced
April 9, 2014
It has been reported that upwards of 273 former patients of a Baltimore hospital and its former cardiologist will receive at least $134,000 each (before attorneys’ fees and costs are deducted) to settle their claims against the hospital that alleged that the patients had medically unnecess[...]
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Kentucky Hospital Settles Unnecessary Stent Claims
February 16, 2014
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Kentucky announced on January 28, 2014 that a Kentucky hospital has agreed to pay the United States $16.5 million to resolve civil claims that it submitted fraudulent claims to Medicare and to Kentucky Medicaid programs for medically unn[...]
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Maryland Stent Doctor’s Criminal Conviction Upheld
April 25, 2013
In its written opinion filed on April 23, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld the conviction of a former Maryland cardiologist convicted of implanting medically unnecessary stents in cardiac patients in Maryland. The Maryland interventional cardiologist was in pr[...]
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