Legal News

Stories about physicians and other healthcare professionals involved in lawsuits—as either a plaintiff or a defendantor accused of breaking the law. Various legal updates or unusual stories in the news may land here.

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Philips-owned BioTelemetry to pay nearly $15M for allegedly misleading clinicians to secure higher reimbursements

The company and one of its subsidiaries would allegedly confuse clinicians and have them bill government programs for cardiac monitoring services that were more expensive than what they needed. This settlement resolves those allegations. 

December 20, 2023
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Cardiologist charged with fraud for allegedly altering patient records, billing for unnecessary procedures

The doctor allegedly targeted some patients more than ten times, treating them again and again with procedures that were not medically necessary. 

December 15, 2023
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Medical malpractice ruling: Hospital to pay $39M over young heart patient’s death

Prosecutors successfully argued that the patient would not have died if clinicians had ordered a routine CT exam. 

December 13, 2023
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Nevada health system accused of creating a heart surgery monopoly in new lawsuit

The health system allegedly ended an ongoing contract with little notice, leaving clinicians and patients without the services of a cardiovascular surgery program. 

December 12, 2023
Former managers of a Tampa Florida-based radiology company Advanced Diagnostic Group (ADG) and its employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) retirement benefit manager GreatBanc Trust Co. will pay $19 million to settle a class action lawsuit. The suit alleges they allowed the ESOP’s value to be diverted to managers, directors and their shell companies and away from employee participants. money gavel court lawsuit legal judge judgement

Kentucky health system, cardiologist to pay $3M for alleged scheme targeting Medicare and Medicaid

The alleged scheme involved a series of diagnostic procedures that, according to the U.S. government, were not medically necessary. 

December 7, 2023
Yogesh Patel, a 56-year-old cardiologist arrestd as part of an undercover sting operation targeting sex predators.

Cardiologist arrested in undercover operation targeting sex predators

The 56-year-old was one of 10 men arrested in Colorado as part of a two-day sting operation. 

November 9, 2023
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Cardiologists at heart of alleged kickback scheme—imaging provider, CEO to pay $85M to settle

The allegations revolve around payments referring cardiologists received to supervise PET scans from March 2014 to May 2023.

October 11, 2023
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Family of man who died of a heart attack settles lawsuit for $1.9M after error led to delayed care

EMTs waited outside the man's house for 13 minutes before finally entering. The delay, it turns out, was due to an error in the dispatcher's computer system. 

October 6, 2023

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