Royal Family Doctor Murdered; $155M Spine Surgery Settlement; Telehealth Conviction
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A doctor for the British royal family was found dead in her home, and her husband has been charged with her murder. (People)
Providence and MultiCare Health System will pay more than $155 million to settle two class-action lawsuits that accused one of its neurosurgeons of performing unnecessary spine surgeries to boost his productivity. (Becker’s Hospital Review)
The founder of a New York wellness clinic where a woman died this summer now faces murder charges, having reportedly introduced air into the IV line during an “anti-aging” treatment. (News 12)
Irfan Fazil, MD, of Arizona, was sentenced to almost 8 years in prison for pulling millions from Medicaid for unnecessary radiology services. (Radiology Business)
An emergency medicine doctor in Texas was arrested for allegedly groping a patient. (KTSM)
Another Texas physician was accused of submitting some $30 million in fraudulent claims to federal insurers for COVID tests and other services that were never provided, federal prosecutors said.
Jonathan Decker, MD, of Michigan, was convicted of doling out more than 2 million pills of stimulants through the Done ADHD platform, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). He is the 11th defendant convicted in the $100 million scheme perpetrated by the telehealth platform.
A North Carolina nursing home will pay more than $98,000 to settle allegations that it hired a “fake” nurse who didn’t have a nursing license, training, or experience, the state’s attorney general announced.
A family medicine doctor in Texas has been accused by federal prosecutors of fraudulently billing Medicare for surgical neurostimulator electrode implants when he only delivered electro-acupuncture.
The Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation will pay $1.44 million to settle allegations that it submitted false or invalid diagnosis codes to boost payments from Medicare Advantage, the DOJ said.
The agency also issued a new directive for fighting fraud that puts drugmakers in its crosshairs, promising to pursue violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. (STAT)
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