September 1, 2025 Recent Legal News
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Washington v Casey
Arrested
Dr. Jeremy Casey of Ellensburg was arrested for felony assault and harassment after a women complained that she was strangled in his hotel room.
Texas v Shrader
Arrested
The former Director of Patient Care at Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Medical Center in Houston was accused of planting cameras in the women's rest rooms. Top
US v Akoto
Guilty
A federal judge found Dr. Richard Akoto of Takoma Park, Maryland, guilty of fraud by submitting false claims to fed med. He used a P-Stim device for pain on his patients and billed for implanting it when he only placed it behind the ear. He will pay a judgment of $1,407,493.23 for his efforts.
US v Genco Lab, Conroy, Conroy, Orefice
Settlement
The Connecticut lab and its owners and officers Paul Conroy, Tricia Conroy and Charles Orefice have agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle allegations that they submitted false claims to fed med. This was for medically unnecessary urine drug tests. They used both the screening and definitive tests on patients at the same time.
US v Ntchana
Settlement
APRN Armand Ntchana of Connecticut agreed to pay $614,427.51 to settle allegations that he and entities that he owned billed for services not rendered, or for services provided by an unlicensed person along with upcoding and duplicate claims.
US v Aggarwal
Settlement
Dr. Ajay Aggarwal, an anesthesiologist, agreed to pay $2,053,515 to settle allegations that he submitted claims to fed med for implantation of neurostimulator electrodes when the were placed behind the ear.
US v Mittal
Sentenced
Dr. Niranjan Mittal, a cardiologist in Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced to 37 months in prison. He was previously convicted of paying other physicians for referral and then billing for those services which were mostly unneeded.
Massachusetts v CVS Pharmacy
Settlement
The pharmacy chain agreed to pay $12.25 million to settle allegations that they charged the state Medicaid program more than they charged the general public for the same drugs.
US v Charasika
Settlement
Dr. James Charasika of Louisville, Kentucky, agreed to pay $250,000 to settle allegations that he and his practice billed for nurse practitioners as if they were physicians.
US v Sriram
Sentenced
Dr. Krishnaaswami Sriram of Lake forest, Illinois, was sentenced to 34 months in prison for fraud. He was previously convicted of billing for services never rendered and then lying to evade income tax. After release he will also have 3 years of supervised care and repay $1.7 million. Watch how fast he leaves the US after release. Top
Amin v Amazon
Settlement
Dr. Mahendra Amin won another case. He was falsely accused of doing unnecessary hysterectomies on detained women without their consent. He won a settlement of an undisclosed sum earlier from NBCUniversal Media and now won another undisclosed sum fro Amazon and associated podcasters. He asked for $30 million in the first suit and $15 million in this one.
Clients v Blue Cross Blue Shield
Settlement Approved
The Blues agreed and the court agreed to allow the Blues to pay $2.8 Billion to settle a class action suit alleging the Blues failed to pay the full amount due to millions of providers and hospitals. Top
Reeves v University of Maryland Capital Region Health
Verdict
Reeves sued stating she went to the ED with chest pain and waited in an empty waiting room for two hours during which time she fell and hit her head. She was evaluated by the emergency triage team and then either left AMA or was prematurely discharged depending on which you believe. She believes that she was given a short shrift due to a face mask she was wearing that said Black Lives Matter. She also believes she should have had a chest x-ray and an MRI. I wonder why she lost her case.
Kousoubris v Massachusetts General Hospital
Filed
A 54 year old female is suing the Harvard hospital for medical malpractice. She contends that she went in for the removal of a slow growing cancer in her right lung via thorascopy. She claims that during the surgery her pulmonary artery was accidentally severed requiring a total pneumonectomy several days later. She also claims that the biopsy showed lymphoma and her physician husband was not notified of that to determine what if any procedures needed to be done. She states they just went on and did a lobectomy. She states that she was sent home to die but several days later she spiked a temp and a CT showed the pumonary artery severed and stapled to her lung causing the death of the lung. This is when she returned to the hospital and had her total pneumonectomy.
Mitchell v Northern Light Inland Hospital
Filed
The patient went to the Maine hospital for a surgical removal of an ovarian cyst. After surgery she was having problems viding and still had a lot of pain. She went back to surgery where it was alleged that part of her bladder was removed during the first surgery. Top
Alsayouf v Iowa Medical Board
Filed
Dr. Hamza Alsayouf, a child neurologist, is suing the board in what sound like a bad case for him. He alleges the board is out to get him but no charges have been filed. He is under investigation for allegedly being disciplined in another country for some wrong. He does no longer hold a license in Iowa as he now practices in Jordan. Top
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