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  • Latest Trial Against Wyeth Hormone Drug Starts In Philadelphia
    Publish Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:00:00 PDT

    The latest court case exploring the link between Wyeth Pharmaceuticals' hormonal replacement drug Prempro and breast cancer started Tuesday in Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports...
  • Reform Of Primary Care Could Reduce Costly Diagnostic Errors
    Publish Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:00:00 PDT

    Errors in diagnosis place a heavy financial burden on an already costly health care system and can be devastating for affected patients. Strengthening certain aspects of a new and evolving model of comprehensive and coordinated primary care could potentially address this highly relevant, but underemphasized safety concern, say Mark Graber, M.D...
  • Rite Aid Agrees To Pay $1 Million To Settle HIPAA Privacy Case
    Publish Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:00:00 PDT

    Rite Aid Corporation and its 40 affiliated entities (RAC) have agreed to pay $1 million to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today...
  • EEOC Finds Probable Gender Discrimination In Case Brought By New York State Nurses Association
    Publish Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:00:00 PDT

    The U.S...
  • GDC Secures Ninth Illegal Practice Prosecution Of 2010, UK
    Publish Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:00:00 PDT

    The General Dental Council (GDC), the UK's dental regulator, is continuing to push ahead in its pursuit of people practising dentistry illegally. It has successfully prosecuted the ninth person this year for the offence...
  • Federal Prosecutors Drop Long-Standing Fraud Charges Against Doctor From The Philippines
    Publish Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:00:00 PDT

    "Federal prosecutors have dropped charges against a doctor from the Philippines who went into hiding after being accused of scamming a military health program out of more than $1 million in the 1990s," The Associated Press reports. "The U.S. Attorney's office for the Western District of Wisconsin moved to drop a fraud indictment against Dr...
  • Bill Giving Malpractice Coverage To Doctors Volunteering In Community Health Centers Faces Stiff Senate Resistance
    Publish Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:00:00 PDT

    The Hill: A bill aimed to appeal to physicians to work in medically underserved areas by shielding them from paying for malpractice coverage is facing stiff opposition...
  • NYC Hospitals Agree To Pilot Program To Cut Medical-Malpractice Costs
    Publish Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:00:00 PDT

    The Wall Street Journal: "To cut medical-malpractice costs, five New York City hospitals have agreed to a pilot program to divulge medical mistakes early, offer settlements quickly and use special state 'health courts,' where judges will help negotiate agreements before cases go to trial. The program, funded for three years with $3 million from the federal government, aims to cut the $1...
  • Md. Democrats Tout Crackdown On Medicaid Fraud; Four Plead Not Guity In Calif. Medicare Fraud Case
    Publish Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:00:00 PDT

    The Baltimore Sun: "Touting a favorite program, Lt. Governor Anthony Brown said Thursday the state's health department has found $26 million in fraud and waste in the state Medicaid program. The extra cash will not close the roughly $1.5 billion deficit that awaits the winner of November's gubernatorial election, but Brown argued the extra money will help...
  • Study Questions Use Of Paid Medical Expert Witnesses In Malpractice Cases
    Publish Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 PDT

    A study by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers found that 31 radiologists who reviewed the CT scans used in a medical malpractice lawsuit did not agree with the conclusions reached by four paid medical expert witnesses in the case...
  • Patient Rolls Off Operating Table And Dies, Minnesota, USA
    Publish Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:00:00 PDT

    Max DeVries, 61, was scheduled for a lumbar drain replacement at St. Joseph's Hospital, St. Paul, Minnesota, following a stroke. While under sedation the patient rolled off the operating table, hit his head on the floor, and suffered acute and significant bleeding. The head blow was at the same spot where doctors had earlier removed part of his skull to alleviate inflammation of the brain...
  • Wal-Mart Sued For Limiting Employee Medical Care
    Publish Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:00:00 PDT

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is facing a class-action lawsuit in Colorado accusing the company "of conspiring to limit medical care for injured employees in a bid to save money," The Wall Street Journal reports. "The lawsuit alleges that Wal-Mart broke state and federal laws by using a subsidiary to control the treatment for employees with workplace injuries...
  • Cook County, Ill., Inmates File Lawsuits Alleging Illegal Shackling During Childbirth
    Publish Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 04:00:00 PDT

    Twenty female former inmates in Cook County, Ill., have filed lawsuits against the county sheriff's office claiming they were handcuffed by their wrists or shackled by their legs during labor and childbirth, the Chicago Tribune reports. Last month, U.S. District Judge Amy St. Eve granted the suit class action status. Most of the women were awaiting trial after arrests for non-violent crimes...
  • Alzheimer's Association Litigation Update
    Publish Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 04:00:00 PDT

    The Alzheimer's Association has become aware of a misleading message from the CEO of the Alzheimer's Foundation of America dated July 19, 2010. We deny and dispute all of the allegations against our Association in this letter and in AFA's lawsuit against us. We are proud of our 30 years of providing care and support to those impacted by Alzheimer's and advancing critical research...
  • Teva Provides Update On Generic Protonix(R) Litigation
    Publish Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 03:00:00 PDT

    Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Nasdaq: TEVA) announced that the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey denied Teva's motion to overturn an April 23, 2010, jury verdict finding the patent in suit not invalid...
  • Opportunity Missed By Indemnity Review Says MDU
    Publish Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 01:00:00 PDT

    The recommendation for mandatory indemnity for healthcare professionals is not before time, said the Medical Defence Union (MDU), but it is disappointed that the recommendations do not go far enough...
  • 94 Medicare Fraudsters Charged In Largest Takedown In History
    Publish Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 09:00:00 PDT

    In what US authorities called the largest Medicare fraud takedown in history, raids involving 350 agents were carried across the USA, including Houston, Detroit, New York, and Miami. So far, 94 people have been charged - many of them healthcare professionals - in scams totaling over one-quarter of a billion dollars. Apparently, this is only the tip of the ice-berg...
  • Many US Doctors Say Reporting Incompetent Colleagues Not Their Responsibility
    Publish Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:00:00 PDT

    More than one third of US doctors who responded to a survey did not agree it was their responsibility to report colleagues who were incompetent or impaired, for instance due to substance abuse or a mental health disorder. You can read about the research behind these findings online: they were published on 14 July in JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association...
  • St. John's Health Center Management Found Guilty
    Publish Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:00:00 PDT

    Judge rules hospital engaged in illegal union-busting-RNs rally to demand fair election Thursday Just days after an administrative law judge found management of St...
  • Pharmacy Owner Sentenced To Over 4 Years For Health Care Fraud, Aggravated Identity Theft And Conspiracy To Misbrand Drugs
    Publish Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2010 01:00:00 PDT

    U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Garbis sentenced Pamela Arrey, age 49, of Glenelg, Maryland, a licensed pharmacist, to 57 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for health care fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiracy to misbrand pharmaceuticals. Judge Garbis also entered an order that Arrey forfeit her home and pay restitution of $505,745.89...
  • Virginia Challenge To Health Overhaul Goes To Court
    Publish Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2010 01:00:00 PDT

    Justice Department and the state of Virginia lawyers faced off Thursday in the first challenge of the federal government's authority to require people purchase health insurance. The New York Times: Virginia is one of 21 states seeking to invalidate the law...
  • Whistleblower Complaints About WellCare Operations Unsealed In Florida
    Publish Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:00:00 PDT

    The St. Petersburg-Times: Three complaints by whistleblowers suing WellCare Health Plans Inc. have been unsealed in recent days as part of a federal probe into the company's operations. Federal officials raided the company offices in 2007. In the most recent complaints, "Clark J...
  • Judge Rules For Merck In State Vioxx Lawsuit Over Medicaid Payments
    Publish Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:00:00 PDT

    A federal judge ruled in favor of Merck & Co. Tuesday in a lawsuit brought by Louisiana trying to recoup what it paid when Medicaid patients used the company's withdrawn painkiller Vioxx, The Associated Press reports. James R. Dugan II, "the lead attorney representing Louisiana, said his team would be meeting with state officials later this week to discuss appellate possibilities. ...
  • Planned Parenthood Affiliate Files Lawsuit Against Neb. Antiabortion Law
    Publish Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 05:00:00 PDT

    On Monday, Planned Parenthood of the Heartland filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a Nebraska law (LB 594) that requires women seeking abortions to undergo extensive physical and mental health screenings, the Lincoln Journal Star reports. The law is scheduled to take effect July 15, and Planned Parenthood is seeking an injunction to prevent its implementation...
  • 'Defensive Medicine,' Practiced By Vast Majority Of Physicians According To Physician Survey
    Publish Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 01:00:00 PDT

    A survey by Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers has found that 91 percent of physicians believe concerns over malpractice lawsuits result in "defensive medicine," ordering more tests and procedures than necessary as a protective measure. The study, which questioned 2,416 physicians, is published in the June 28 edition of Archives of Internal Medicine. A majority of physicians, 90...

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