Unfortunately, Michigan features prominently in today's edition of healthcare behaving badly.
MedPage Today special report.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/features/111418
Man Charged in Doc's Murder Mystery; $45M Jury Award; Fake Nurse Skips Sentencing
— A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts
A man who was in an "intimate relationship" with Devon Hoover, MD, the Detroit neurosurgeon who was found shot dead in his home in 2023, has been charged with Hoover's murder. (ABC News)
Temple University Hospital will pay almost $45 million to a Philadelphia teen who needs round-the-clock care after choking on mashed potatoes not long after he was discharged. (Newsweek)
A German doctor has been arrested on suspicion of killing four elderly patients and trying to cover up evidence by setting fires at their homes, with mixed success. (AP)
A New York nurse who was caught on video slapping and shaking a 5-week-old baby was sentenced to 3 years probation that will include 30 days in jail. (Lohud.com)
Attorneys for Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital in Florida are appealing a jury's decision to award the Kowalski family $208 million in compensatory and punitive damages. (Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
A Michigan woman who pretended to be a nurse didn't show up for her sentencing hearing this week. (KTLA)
The family of a man who died from bleeding complications after surgery is suing a Connecticut hospital, among others, alleging it wasn't equipped to safely perform the robotic prostate cancer surgery that he had there. (CT Insider)
Michigan dermatopathologist David Stockman, MD, and two other defendants have been ordered to pay $131,000 for ignoring a lawsuit filed against them. (Michigan Live)
Kentucky nephrologist Amr Mohamed, MD, who was found guilty of Medicare fraud for issuing unnecessary orders through telehealth provider RediDoc, has surrendered his license. (WKYT)
Two of the three couples suing a hospital and in-vitro fertilization clinic for accidentally destroying their frozen embryos have dropped their lawsuit. (AP via ABC News)
The estate of Henrietta Lacks has accused Novartis and Viatris of unlawfully profiting from the use of HeLa cells. The family has previously brought claims against Thermo Fisher, which have been settled, and Ultragenyx, which are ongoing. (Reuters)
Six attorneys general have filed suit against Regeneron for allegedly inflating the amount that the states' Medicaid programs pay for aflibercept (Eylea), prosecutors announced.
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