Plaintiffs settle 82 lawsuits with cardiologist, hospitals for alleged unnecessary cardiac procedures

Plaintiffs involved in 82 lawsuits alleging unnecessary cardiac procedures have reached settlements with the hospitals and cardiologist, the West Virginia Record reports.

The agreements settled all claims against Raleigh General Hospital, Lifepoint Hospitals and Donald Kenneth Glaser, MD, who had allegedly performed the unnecessary procedures.

Lifepoint acknowledged the settlements in an SEC filing, but it did not reveal details and terms of the agreements.

The number of cardiac procedures performed at Raleigh General increased from 350 in 2009 to 1,745 in 2010, the first full year that Glaser was director of the hospital’s interventional cardiology unit.

Glaser’s tenure at Raleigh General ended in 2013.

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Tim Casey joined TriMed Media Group in 2015 as Executive Editor. For the previous four years, he worked as an editor and writer for HMP Communications, primarily focused on covering managed care issues and reporting from medical and health care conferences. He was also a staff reporter at the Sacramento Bee for more than four years covering professional, college and high school sports. He earned his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA degree from Georgetown University.

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