April 15, 2024 Recent Legal News
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Criminal
Texas v Dal Bo, Dal Bo
Arrested
A mother daughter duo were arrested in Harris County for doing illegal butt injections. They had no medical background and allegedly did not know what was in the injections. Top
US v Keirans
Guilty
Mathew Keirans plead guilty to identity fraud. He stole the identity of another and rode that to a position to a high position in the University of Iowa's IT Department. He stole the identity of a person with whom he worked at a hot dog stand and cost the victim over one year in jail and and in a mental hospital.
US v Johnson, Johnson
Guilty
Dr. John Johnson and his wife Paula of Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, pleas guilty of conspiring with the doctor's business partner Rodney Yentzer purchased pain management practices and the sold the laboratory services to a hospital. The hospital then billed for services not medically necessary and paid paid kickbacks to the pain practices. Yentzer had previously plead guilty and is awaiting sentencing.
US v Nguyen
Guilty
Dr. Linh Nguyen of Peoria, Arizona, plead guilty of fraud. He admitted to billing false claims to private insurers as well as fed med along with falsifying the medical records to attempt to cover up his crime. This usually involved he stating that he and not a nurse provided the care. This resulted in a higher reimbursement which was not justified.
US v Brown
Filed
The feds have sued Ashley Brown, a nurse, for prescribing unneeded Medicare devices in return for kickbacks. She allegedly worked for Barton Associates employment agency who paid her $20 for each patient chart reviewed and sign prescriptions for the unneeded devices. Top
Malpractice
Doe v Universal Health Services
Jury Verdict
The subsidy of Universal was ordered to pay $535 million to a patient who was raped in a psychiatric facility after the rapist was also housed in the facility in the next room to the victim. Universal says it will appeal. Top
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