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Telehealth doctor indicted on health care fraud, opioid distribution charges
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- Avery Hurt
According to court documents, Dr. Sangita Patel was responsible for submitting Medicare claims for improper telehealth visits she didn’t conduct...
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Anesthesiologist arrested, implicated in death of colleague
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- Avery Hurt
Physician accused of injecting nerve-blocking and bronchodilating drugs into patient IV bags.
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Novel study offers clues to sex bias in lupus
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- Avery Hurt
Researchers compared immune cells in cisgender and transgender subjects to investigate the role of sex hormones independently from chromosomes in...
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Physicians’ bad behavior seen at work, online by colleagues: Survey
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- Avery Hurt
Bullying or harassing clinicians and staff was the runaway winner, with 86% of respondents saying they’d seen this type of behavior at work at...
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TNF inhibitor use for RA shows beneficial effect in pregnancy
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- Avery Hurt
Women who treated their rheumatoid arthritis during pregnancy with a tumor necrosis factor inhibitor gave birth to infants with higher birth...
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One thing is certain, says survey: Doctors hate taxes
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- Avery Hurt
“I believe taxes will increase for physicians until they have no more money!”
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Cardiologists’ incomes bounce back from pandemic: Survey
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- Avery Hurt
The survey reveals good news about income, but cardiologists still face challenges.
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Anti-vaccine physician sentenced to prison for role in Capitol riot
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- Avery Hurt
The former emergency room physician pleaded guilty to unlawfully and knowingly entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds.
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Physician convicted in $10M veteran insurance fraud scheme
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- Avery Hurt
One recruiter hosted a meeting at the Fisher Armory in North Little Rock, Ark., where he signed up patients for the drugs and offered to pay them...
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California doctor to pay $9.5 million in Medicare, Medi-Cal fraud scheme
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- Avery Hurt
The procedures he falsely billed for included injecting a medication for treating osteoarthritis and osteoporosis, draining tailbone cysts, and...
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‘Goodie bag’ pill mill doctor sentenced to 2 decades in prison
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- Avery Hurt
Regardless of the patients’ complaints, the internist gave them tote bags with prescription drugs, including muscle relaxers, anti-inflammatories...
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Prison smuggling schemes net jail time, charges against nurses
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- Avery Hurt
A smuggling ring of at least 25 people involved conspirators who would receive “bribes, kickbacks, and sexual...
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Antivaccine physician pleads guilty to role in Capitol riot
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- Avery Hurt
Dr. Simone Melissa Gold has been one of the leading voices in the antivaccine movement. She has more than 400,...
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Psychiatrist found guilty in $110 million fraud scheme
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- Avery Hurt
“This defendant used his medical license to facilitate an egregious, multimillion-dollar fraud scheme that exploited vulnerable substance abusers...
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Doctor’s illegal opioid prescriptions lead to five deaths
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- Avery Hurt
The physician often prescribed combinations of medications, such as concurrent opioids, increasing the chances that his patients would become...