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Florida Cardiologist Paid $6.75 Million To Resolve Allegations Of Performing Unnecessary Medical Procedures

October 9, 2021

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on September 15, 2021 that Dr. Ashish Pal, a cardiologist based in Orlando, Florida, paid $6.75 million to resolve allegations that he violated the False Claims Act by performing medically unnecessary ablations and vein stent procedures. The payment resolves [...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Discusses Two Schools Of Thought Doctrine In Unnecessary Stent Medical Malpractice Case

March 12, 2019

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania (“Pennsylvania Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on February 27, 2019 that although it was error for the trial judge to instruct the Pennsylvania medical malpractice jury with regard to the two schools of thought doctrine in a Pennsylvania med[...]

Unnecessary Stent Claims

January 13, 2013

Stents are mesh tubes that hold blocked arteries open in order to improve blood flow. Stents are typically recommended for patients whose cardiac arteries are more than 50% or 70% blocked (U.S. guidelines state that an artery should be 50% blocked with cholesterol plaque before the disease is co[...]

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Florida Cardiologist Paid $6.75 Million To Resolve Allegations Of Performing Unnecessary Medical Procedures

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Discusses Two Schools Of Thought Doctrine In Unnecessary Stent Medical Malpractice Case

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