Criminal
US v Mohiuddin
Sentenced
Syed Mohiuddin, the former president of United Memorial
Medical Center in Houston, Texas, has been sentenced to 21 months in prison and
must pay $11 million in restitution. He plead guilty last year of
falsifying records in order to obtain a $8 million loan. In a related case
the hospital was ordered to pay over $2 million to settle allegations that they
overbilled fed med.
US v McQueen
Guilty
Jaclyn McQueen RN of Dedham, Massachusetts, plead guilty to
removing narcotics from syringes and using it on herself. She worked in a
rehab center.
US v Cooper, Alshafey
Sentenced
Dr. Scott Cooper of West Bloomfield was sentenced to five
years in prison and pharmacist Zaman Alahafey got 3 years. Cooper
prescribed narcotics to patients with out a medical reason. This included
getting narcotics to a prisoner for three years without any contact with the
prisoner. Alahafey illegally got cough syrup for several dollars a bottle
and sold it for up to $3500 per bottle.
Florida v Ramos
Arrested
Maria Ramos RN was arrested for allegedly stealing credit
cards from patients and using them to purchase goods for herself.
Florida v Nieves
Arrested
Groennou Nieves RN was found on the floor with an IV in
her leg attached to propofol. She also tested positive for cocaine.
Minnesota v Broker
Guilty
Cambie Broker RN plead guilty to stealing from a hospice
clinic almost 20,000 oxycodone along with fentanyl patches.
Fraud
US v Carmeci, Asante System
Settlement
Medford, Oregon, Asante and Dr. Charles Carmeci, a
cardiothoracic physician, agreed to pay $430,000 to settle allegations that they
fraudulently billed fed med for procedures the surgeon did not perform.
This was a qui tam suit by another physician.
US v Ali, Malik
Indicted
Drs. Asim Ali and Mohd Malik worked together in st
Louis. They were indicted of illegally storing and using Ketamine.
Malik was allowed but Ali was not. Ali had no DEA license but was giving
ketamine to patients without adequate oversight. Malik was allowing the
practice and allowing Ali to bill under his Medicare number.
US v RDx Bioscience, Leykin
Settlement
The Kenilworth, New Jersey lab and its New York owner CEO
Eric Leykin agreed to pay $10,315,023 to resolve allegations of false claims and
an additional $3 million to New Jersey. They were alleged to pay kickbacks
for testing and then bill for those tests.
US v Silver Lake Hospital
Settlement
The long term care hospital in Newark, New Jersey agreed to
pay $30.6 million to settle allegations that they lied regarding their cost
outlier payments and paid big bucks illegally to their investors. The
investors will pay into the fund as well.
Consumers v Endeavor Health
Settlement
The Chicago health system that came about with the merger of
Northshore gobbling up Highland Park Hospital 16 years ago. The will pay
the princely sum of $55 million in a class action suit. This has nothing
to do with the prior FTC action regarding the merger.
Texas v Shoulders
Convicted
A jury convicted Ray Shoulders PA for giving amnionic fluid
to patients for pain relief and then billing fed med for the unapproved shots.
US v New York Presbyterian Hospital
Settlement
The hospital agreed to pay just over $800,000 to settle
allegations that they billed for radiology exams that were read late or not at
all.
Malpractice
Fields v Woodhyll Hospital, NYC Health and Hospital
System
Filed
The family of thirty year old Christine Fields has filed a
med mal suit against the hospital where she died post-op C-Section. The
coroner stated she bled to death. The suit claims her blood vessels were
injured in the surgery and not repaired. This is another black woman injured
during childbirth.
Querales v Nunnally, Freeman and Owens
Filed
The husband of Maria Querales had dental surgery in
2022. During the surgery she was given Fentanyl by anesthesiologist Dr.
Jerry Teague and bottomed out. she is now unresponsive and requires a
feeding tube. Teague died two weeks later from cancer.
Overfield v El Dorado County
Filed
Everyone knows that the California Penal system has the worst
medical care in the country but this is a new low even for them. A 38 year
old male with HIV died from a secondary infection after not receiving his not
receiving his anti HIV meds while he was incarcerated.
Nunez v Summerlin Hospital Medical; Center
Filed
The patient states she had a C-Section at the hospital many years
ago and no other surgery. She states she has complained of intermittent
abdominal pain in the intervening years. She recently had surgery to
remove a retained foreign body, a lap sponge. She is suing. The
question will be the statute of limitations.
McKiverson v Bayer
Verdict
The patient got non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and used Roundup prior
to getting the cancer. The jury awarded $250 million in compensatory
damages and an additional $2 Billion in punis. This happened in the notorious
state of Pennsylvania.
Peer Review and Employment
Bramblett v Legacy
Filed
Joshua Bramblett RN was the lead
ED nurse at the hospital who states in his suit that he was fired for speaking
up for safety concerns for his staff. The hospital did not deny the
charges but said they would respond in court.
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