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…
Justice Department Secures Agreement with PATH to End Unnecessary Medical Exams and Health Questions of its Employees
NEWARK, N.J. – The Department of Justice filed an agreement today in Newark federal court to resolve its lawsuit against the Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation (PATH) under the Americans with Disabilities Act…
Former Medical Student Sentenced for Fatal Party Drug Overdose
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – An Ontario, Canada, man was sentenced today to one year in prison for distributing MDA—a psychedelic drug similar to MDMA, or “molly”—that resulted in the fatal overdose of a…
Medical Device Company Arthrex to Pay $16 Million to Resolve Kickback Allegations
Arthrex Inc., a Florida-based medical device company, has agreed to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks that caused the submission of false claims to the Medicare…
Former Employee of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Admits Stealing HIV Medication
NEWARK, N.J. – A former pharmacy procurement technician today admitted stealing prescription HIV medications from the pharmacy of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in East Orange, New Jersey, Acting U.S. Attorney…
Doctor and Owner of Medical Practice Indicted for Health Care Fraud
TUCSON, Ariz. – On Wednesday, a federal grand jury returned a fifty-count indictment, charging Linh Cao Nguyen, M.D., 48, of Peoria, Arizona, with Health Care Fraud, False Statements Relating to a Health…
DOJ and CEO of defunct medical testing laboratory settle False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute civil case
Seattle – A False Claims Act/Anti-Kickback Statute civil matter was resolved today with an agreed $1.1 million payment by the former Chief Executive Officer of a now defunct medical testing lab, announced…
Former Cleveland VA Medical Center Supervisor Sentenced to 37 Months and Ordered to Pay More Than $1.25 Million in Restitution for Theft and Kickback Scheme
Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that William H. Precht, 54, of Kent, Ohio, was sentenced today by Judge Donald C. Nugent to 37 months imprisonment and ordered to pay $1,259,390.66…
Former Medical Office Manager Sentenced to 27 Months for Embezzling Money From Practice
Sean P. Costello, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, announces that Chief Judge Jeffery Beaverstock has sentenced defendant Betty Fables Harrison to 27 months in prison and ordered…
The science has changed, don’t use aspirin for heart attack prevention medical board says
WASHINGTON, D.C. – For decades, Americans have been told it’s healthy for at-risk Americans to take an aspirin a day to ward off a possible heart attack. Now, science has changed as…
Texas Man Facing Federal Indictment in Maryland for Threatening a Medical Doctor Who Publicly Advocated for the COVID-19 Vaccine
Baltimore, Maryland – A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Scott Eli Harris, age 51, of Aubrey, Texas for the federal charges of threats transmitted by interstate communication, related to…
It’s now legal in New Jersey for AIDS patients to infect their sexual partners without notifying them first
TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Buck is ordeing police departments in the state to immediately stop charging and prosecuting AIDS patients who knowingly have sex with non-AIDS infected partners…
Man Who Shot Firearm Inside West Palm Beach VA Medical Center Committed to 198 Months in Custody
Miami, Florida – Today, federal district judge Kenneth A. Marra sentenced Larry Ray Bon, 62, a former West Palm Beach resident who shot a firearm inside the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical…
Robber Who Donned Medical Masks During String of Heists that Targeted Pharmacies Sentenced to over Nine Years in Federal Prison
RIVERSIDE, California – A Riverside County man with a three-decade history of crimes was sentenced this afternoon to 110 months in federal prison for a month-long robbery spree of pharmacies in…
Creve Coeur pharmacy and owner agree to pay $1,507,808.50 to resolve lawsuit alleging dispensing of controlled substances with no legitimate medical purpose
ST. LOUIS – The United States has reached a civil settlement with Olive Street Pharmacy, LLC (Olive Street) and pharmacy technician Irina Shlafshteyn (Shlafshteyn) resolving a civil complaint bringing claims under the…
Four injured in Las Cruces street race
LAS CRUCES, NM – A two-vehicle crash reported late Friday evening is believed to involve at least one car that was street-racing on the city’s West Mesa. The crash – reported shortly…
Five Straight ‘A’s for Jersey Shore University Medical Center
Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center earned an ‘A’ grade as part of the spring 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade. The designation recognizes the academic medical center’s efforts in protecting patients…
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