Driver dies after suffering medical emergency in crash on Oxford Avenue
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — A fatal crash occurred Saturday evening in the city’s 2nd District after a driver suffered a suspected medical emergency and collided with another vehicle, police said. The incident happened…
Study Underscores Importance of Multidisciplinary Medical Team for Pregnant Women with Lupus
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, June 2, 2022 — A study that includes researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) underscores the importance of a multidisciplinary medical team to counsel and provide care for women…
Woman Indicted for Prescribing Medically Unnecessary Medical Equipment in $8.8 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
Tampa, FL – A Georgia woman was arrested yesterday in Hampton, Georgia, on criminal charges related to her alleged scheme to defraud Medicare by prescribing medically unnecessary durable medical equipment (DME), which…
Innerspace Counseling is Proud to Introduce Hema Vyas, MD as Medical Director
OLD BRIDGE, N.J., May 31, 2022 — Hema Vyas, MD has been appointed as the new medical director at Innerspace Counseling of Old Bridge, New Jersey. Dr. Vyas is a board-certified psychiatrist…
Father And Son Sentenced For Conspiracy To Defraud Their Former Employer And Divert Medical Equipment For Their Own Use
OAKLAND – Today, the Hon. Jon S. Tigar, U.S. District Judge, sentenced Anthony Giovanni Montanelli to a year and a day in prison and ordered him to pay $1.2 million in restitution…
Newark Police Say Crash Caused by Medical Episode
NEWARK, DE – A crash involving an unresponsive driver was caused by a medical incident involving the driver becoming unconscious, which resulted in the crash of the vehicle, the Newark Police Department…
Former CEO of defunct medical testing laboratory sentenced to prison for medical kickback scheme
Seattle – The former Chief Executive Officer of Northwest Physicians Laboratory (NWPL) was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to two years in prison and $7.6 million in restitution for…
Former Employee of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Sentenced to 57 Months in Prison for Stealing HIV Medication
NEWARK, N.J. – A former pharmacy procurement technician was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for stealing prescription HIV medications from the pharmacy of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in…
Sanctuary Medicinals Opens Medical Dispensary in West Palm Beach, Florida, the Company’s Eighth Location in the State
Location is Sanctuary’s Third in Southeast Florida APOPKA, Fla., May 25, 2022 — Sanctuary Medicinals today announced the opening of its eighth medical cannabis dispensary in Florida. Situated right off Florida’s Turnpike…
Medical Examiner’s Office Investigating After Human Remains Found in Woods in Turtle Creek
TURTLE CREEK, PA – The Allegheny County Police Department said human remains were discovered in the woods near the Woodland Hills High School Wolvarena stadium on Monday. Police reported that at around…
Top Trans Medical Org Used Castration Fetish Site For Research To Develop Guidance For Doctors
Top Trans Medical Org Used Castration Fetish Site For Research To Develop Guidance For Doctors Laurel Duggan on May 18, 2022 The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) developed its latest…
Justice Department Files False Claims Act Complaint Against Medical Device Manufacturer And Its Owner For Training Providers To Improperly Reuse Disposable Items
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN – The United States has filed a lawsuit against The Prometheus Group (Prometheus), a New Hampshire manufacturer of pelvic muscle therapeutic systems and related…
South Florida Health Care Clinic Owners, Doctor, Others Sentenced in Medical Billing Fraud Scheme
Miami, Florida – Yesterday, a federal district judge in Miami sentenced the last of 10 defendants for her role in a health care fraud scheme involving three physical therapy clinics that recruited…
Bergen New Bridge Medical Center Signs with Guardian Research Network® to Help Change How Healthcare is Delivered and Provide Added Diversity to Data Science and Innovation
Alliance enables New Jersey’s largest hospital and Rutgers affiliate to bring healthcare options to its community and added populations to GRN’s expanding research consortium and real-world data experience SPARTANBURG, S.C., May 10, 2022…
Atlantic Health System Chooses Aidoc for Medical AI Imaging Solution USA – English USA – English
New agreement to benefit over half of New Jersey’s residents NEW YORK, May 3, 2022 — Aidoc, the leading provider of healthcare AI solutions, today announced an agreement with Atlantic Health System,…
Port Authority Police Officer Forged Medical Records to Get Paid Medical Leave, Prosecutor
JERSEY CITY, NJ – A Port Authority Police Officer was arrested on charges relating to falsified medical records she submitted to her employer. According to the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office, on Friday,…
Hackensack University Medical Center Offers an Innovative New Screening Option for Patients at High Risk for Pancreatic Cancer
Patients who are eligible will receive both an imaging test and a novel biomarker test that measures the immune system’s response to pancreatic disease in the blood. “The earlier cancer is detected,…
Ad Tech Medical Supports Surgeon’s Mission to Ukraine
We are grateful for the opportunity to help Dr. Tomcyz and his team improve the lives of suffering Ukrainians. Tweet this Ad-Tech CEO, Brian Smith stated that, “We were more than happy…
Supervisor at Long Island Drug Manufacturer Sentenced to Prison for Theft of Medical Products
Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Gregory Settino, a resident of Bethpage, New York, was sentenced by United States District Judge Joanna Seybert to a year and a day’s imprisonment…
Long Island Medical Doctor Charged as Part of COVID-19 Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action
An indictment was returned yesterday in Central Islip charging Dr. Perry Frankel with three counts of health care fraud for an alleged scheme to defraud Medicare and Medicaid of over $1.3 million…
Medical Sales Representative Found Guilty of Role in Multimillion-Dollar Health Care Fraud, Wire Fraud, Anti-Kickback Statute and Travel Act Conspiracies
CAMDEN, N.J. – A medical sales representative from Gloucester County, New Jersey, was convicted today on 18 counts related to defrauding public health insurance plans out of more than $4.6 million, Attorney…
MedXwaste to Open New Medical Waste Transfer Station in Connecticut
The facility will meet current regulatory requirements for medical waste handling and boost energy savings. Tweet this As part of the approval, the transfer station, located at 81 Farwell Street in West…
Sanctuary Medicinals Opens Medical Dispensary in Tampa, its Seventh in Florida
New location is Sanctuary’s first in the city of Tampa and third in the Tampa Bay region TAMPA, Fla., April 13, 2022 — Sanctuary Medicinals today announced the opening of its seventh…
Woman Who Pepper-sprayed Medical Worker for Asking her to Mask Up Gets Probation
BUFFALO, NY – A woman who pepper-sprayed a medical worker simply because she asked her to wear a face mask has been sentenced to three years of probation. Erie County District Attorney…
Providence Health & Services Agrees to Pay $22.7 Million to Resolve Liability From Medically Unnecessary Neurosurgery Procedures at Providence St. Mary’s Medical Center
Walla Walla, WA – Providence Health & Services Washington (Providence) has agreed to pay $22,690,458 to resolve allegations that it fraudulently billed Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal health care programs for medically…
Exclusive-Buyout firms GTCR, CD&R circle Merit Medical -sources
By Chibuike Oguh (Reuters) – GTCR LLC and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) are among private equity firms that have expressed interest in acquiring U.S. medical device manufacturer Merit Medical Systems Inc,…
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