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Two whistleblowers who once worked for a radiation clinic will get a piece of a $3.8 million settlement the company agreed to pay to resolve a false claims investigation. Radiotherapy Clinics of Georgia had been accused of overbilling Medicare for treatments provided to prostate cancer patients and billing for unnecessary services, according to a report […]
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Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following products: Target Home Bunny sippy cups (injury hazard – 264,000) Christmas Tree Shops Farm Glass & Metal spiral tea light holders (fire hazard – 6,200) Manhattan Group LLC, Whoozit Starry Time rattles (choking hazard – 3,000) Gerber Instant
264,000, Target Home Bunny sippy cups recalled Read More »
Maria Garcia underwent surgery to remove her thyroid and parathyroid glands in her neck but she never recovered from surgery. It turned out that during the procedure the anesthesiologist failed to realize the patient’s breathing tube had moved, preventing the 66-year-old woman from breathing on her own and depriving oxygen to her brain. The 2008
Anesthesia error results in $1.23M verdict Read More »
Don’t tick off the library clerk. Or at least not Diane Boerman. She was the California woman who told her bosses at the Sacramento Public Library Authority that something seemed fishy about the agency’s billings for maintenance projects. But her boss ignored her and, worse, she claimed that she was later passed up for promotions
Library clerk blows the whistle — three jailed, settlement paid Read More »
It began with a migraine. It ended in a nightmare. In late 2006, Robyn Frankel entered the Stanford Hospital & Clinics in California where doctors ordered an angiogram to investigate an abnormal vein in Frankel’s brain to try to determine the cause of her headaches. When dye for the angiogram was injected into the blood
Unneeded medical procedure leaves woman quadriplegic Read More »
“Alarming” is how one state lawmaker sized up the situation at a struggling hospital in Brooklyn, NY. Medical errors at Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center have soared, with the New York Daily News tallying the number of lawsuits pending against the facility at more than 100, including at least a dozen in which patients died. Said state Assemblyman
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Several years ago, a senior financial analyst for a major healthcare plan provider in Florida grew suspicious about executives at the firm double-billing Medicare and Medicaid patients. So Sean Hellein secretly recorded conversations in which the billing practices were discussed. Then he brought the information to the government. Now Hellein’s honesty and courage will result
Whistleblower to reap $21M reward Read More »
A railroad jack falling on a worker’s foot and breaking his big toe wasn’t that big of a deal – until the Metro-North Railroad in Connecticut disciplined the worker for reporting his injury. A jury recently awarded Andy Barati $50,000 for lost earnings and pain and suffering in the incident. But it went further, much
Injury, employer retaliation nets worker $1M Read More »
A Brooklyn mother of three went to her local hospital complaining of pain. She was treated in the emergency room, where she was diagnosed as having kidney stones, was given a painkiller and sent home. The next day, still in pain, she called 911 but the New York Fire Department did not send an ambulance.
Missed diagnosis costs woman her hands and feet Read More »
If there was ever any doubt that Medicare fraud is rampant, federal officials recently arrested 107 people including doctors, nurses and social workers from across the country and charged them with submitting phony claims totaling $452 million. The raid was the largest-ever for a federal strike force combating rising fraud in the medical industry. Arrests
Alleged Medicare fraud brings 107 arrests Read More »
Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following products: Office Depot and Swinton Avenue TradingBiella Leather Desk Chairs (fall hazard – 307,000) SR Suntour, GT, Giant and Trek bicycles with SR Suntour suspension forks (fall and crash hazard -17,000) Nan Far Woodworking Co. Ltd., Rockland Furniture
Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following products: Irwin Industrial Tool Company, Classic Series circular saw blade 3-packs (laceration hazard – 55,260) One World Technologies Inc. gas grills (burn hazard – 87,600) XS Scuba, Inc., Miflex High Pressure Scuba Diving Hoses. (drowning hazard – 17,000)
87,600 One World Technologies Inc. gas grills recalled due to burn hazard Read More »
Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following products: FoodService Products, food service beverage cups and mugs (burn hazard – 111,000) Sakar International Inc. Digital Concepts compact travel chargers (electric shock hazard – 48,000) ECHO Inc., gas powered backpack blowers (fire hazard – 16,000) American Honda
111,000 food service beverage cups and mugs recalled due to burn hazard Read More »
Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following products: Leggett & Platt, Power foundations or adjustable bases for mattresses (fire hazard – 25,200) Great American Opportunities Great American Opportunities arena lamps (electric shock -14,050) Westinghouse Lighting Corp., ceiling fans (The fire and shock hazards – 7,000)
Acclaimed Chicago chef Grant Achatz has reached an undisclosed settlement with a dental clinic in a missed-cancer diagnosis case. The case involved a cancerous growth in a place where it could have ended the of Achatz – it was on his tongue. Achatz years ago noticed a small, white dot on the left side of
Medical malpractice almost cost chef his tongue Read More »
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