A civil complaint has been filed on behalf of dozens of insurance companies. The complaint alleges a huge national health care fraud scheme involving the use of, and billing for, fake surgical hardware, and implicates fifteen surgeons and seventeen hospitals across...
An Oklahoma mother sent her 5 and 7-year-old sons off to daycare for a day of fun at a splash park. Before the trip, Shaunna Broadway called Happiness is Learning to find out if she was required to provide sunscreen for her fair-skinned boys. She was assured that the...
Diversicare of Nicholasville has received the largest fine in recent years after a January inspection found that an outbreak of scabies went on for months and affected 45% of residents. The facility was fined $891,350 because of the operators’ unwillingness to...
The National Football League recently agreed to pay former players nearly $1 billion in compensation to settle the class action lawsuit against them. The plaintiffs were more than 5,000 former NFL players who were “suffering from dementia, depression or Alzheimer's...
Medical malpractice can devastate patients and their families. When a doctor is guilty of malpractice, he or she has failed to administer an appropriate standard of care. Malpractice comes in many forms, and it is much more prevalent that you think. A report by...
Federal officials have cut funding for Hurstbourne Care Center at Stony Brook in Louisville following an investigation by the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services. The facility was found to have been dangerously understaffed. The Office of Inspector General...
Gestational diabetes is a complication of pregnancy that affects how your body uses sugar. Doctors are not sure exactly what causes gestational diabetes, but fluctuating hormones in both your body and in the placenta can block the effectiveness of naturally secreted...
When politicians speak of tort reform, they try to appeal to a large base of voters by skewing the facts about lawsuits. They purposely make victims (and attorneys) sound like greedy penny-pinchers who are purposely “gaming” the system for a payday. And...
Dawn Miller, 33, of Hankins, New York recently pled guilty “to scheme to defraud” for thefts she perpetrated during her employment at Indian River Nursing Home in Granville. Miller was sentenced to 1 to 3 years in state prison and was ordered to pay...
