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A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts
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Kristina Fiore, Director of Enterprise & Investigative Reporting, MedPage Today
July 3, 2024
The death of a 28-year-old nurse from Ohio remains under investigation. Carrissa Stevenson was reportedly dropped off by her fiance at the Jewish Hospital dead on arrival. He told police she was intoxicated the previous evening and had fallen down the stairs in their home multiple times. (WLWT)
Canadian doctor Brian Nadler, MD, who was accused of killing four patients, has been acquitted of all eight charges against him. (CBC News)
A nurse who was fired by an Iowa hospital has filed suit alleging discrimination and retaliation after trying to address employees' concerns about a doctor's alleged bad behavior. (Iowa Capital Dispatch)
Kentucky physician James Blake, MD, who was accused of touching female patients inappropriately, has surrendered his medical license. (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Alzheimer's researcher Hoau-Yan Wang, PhD, has been charged for allegedly defrauding the NIH of $16 million when he reportedly fabricated and falsified scientific data in grant applications, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
British nurse Lucy Letby was found guilty of trying to kill a premature baby girl. Letby had previously been convicted of murdering seven babies and trying to kill another six. A verdict on the allegations in the recent case couldn't be reached, and a retrial was ordered, ending in the conviction. (BBC)
Georgia chiropractor Tefylon Cameron pleaded guilty to her role in a durable medical equipment and cancer genetic testing scheme that pulled nearly $15 million from Medicare, according to federal prosecutors.
Heritage Valley Health System will pay $950,000 to the HHS Office for Civil Rights to settle alleged HIPAA security rule failures following a ransomware attack, the agency announced.
The former CEO and CFO of Outcome Health have been sentenced to prison time for their respective roles in a scheme involving overpriced and false advertising. (Chicago Tribune)
An Indiana nurse was charged for allegedly fraudulently obtaining more than 40 prescriptions for pain medications that she ordered under the names of two nursing home residents. (FOX 59)
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Kristina Fiore leads MedPage's enterprise & investigative reporting team. She's been a medical journalist for more than a decade and her work has been recognized by Barlett & Steele, AHCJ, SABEW, and others. Send story tips to k.fiore@medpagetoday.com. Follow
