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The Sad Truth About State Medical Boards
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The Sad Truth About State Medical Boards

Worthwhile clip on how state medical boards work. Virginia is sadly no different. All too commonly, our cases involve instances of egregious negligence that go (and previously went) unpunished by the Virginia Board of Medicine. The people who suffer are patients. These patients are later malpracticed upon, suffering permanent injuries and in some cases death,…

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Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital and Dirty Surgical Instruments

We all become anxious when we are hospitalized.  For many the anxiety is tripled when surgery is involved.  We are concerned about complications encountered during the surgical procedure.  We are concerned about the pain we will likely experience after the surgery. We dread the physical therapy and rehabilitation that will last weeks and sometimes months…

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2023 Highest Number of Whistleblower Resolutions in History
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2023 Highest Number of Whistleblower Resolutions in History

The Department of Justice announced settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act exceeded $2.68 billion in 2023. In total, 543 settlement and verdicts occurred–the highest number ever in one year. Healthcare fraud continued to lead the way with cases involving including Medicare Advantage, unnecessary services, and unlawful kickbacks at the top of the list.

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Unsupervised Nurse Anesthesia – HB1322
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Unsupervised Nurse Anesthesia – HB1322

In one of the most blatant money grabs in recent legislative history, Virginia legislators are contemplating making it legal for patients to receive anesthesia without doctor supervision. Why is this important? Anesthesia is one of the most important and risky parts of a procedure. An anesthesiologist essentially gets a patient as close to death as…

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Financial Advisor Fraud
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Financial Advisor Fraud

We’ve written before about the explosive growth of whistleblower lawsuits for financial fraud, especially with COVID funds. Just this week, the SEC levied fines of $18 million against JP Morgan.[1] The megabank JP Morgan Chase will pay a $18 million fine as part of a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Under the…

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Southwest Virginia Home Health Company Charged With Fraud
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Southwest Virginia Home Health Company Charged With Fraud

This week, nine people were charged with healthcare fraud involving a company that provided home care to residents of Western Virginia. A recently unsealed November 2023 indictment revealed the extent of the scheme. All nine individuals that were charged were owners or employees of Adult N Pediatric Healthcare Service, a Medicaid-enrolled home health agency providing…

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Patients Are Dying in Emergency Department Waiting Rooms

The title of today’s blog post is not mine or any of the other lawyers who work at Frith and Ellerman…but it sure could be. The title comes from an article published in an online medical news source called MedPage Today, and you can read the article here.  The online publication aggregates timely information about…

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Hospital Telemetry: Does it Make Patient Care Better or Worse?

What is telemetry monitoring? It is a system used in hospitals that enables the continuous tracking of your heartbeat.  It is attached to your body using electrodes, which transmit your vital data to a central monitor for analysis. Doctors use telemetry monitoring if you’ve been diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia). It is also used…

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In the Beginning (and why most long term care malpractice happens in the first two weeks)
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In the Beginning (and why most long term care malpractice happens in the first two weeks)

No, I don’t have a statistic from a Center for Medicare Medicaid Services to support the following statement, but I do have my 2023 long term care cases that support it 100%: Most malpractice occurs in a long term care facility, within two weeks of admission or re-admission. Imagine the following scenarios: A patient is…

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Department of Justice pays $900,000 in Suicide Case From Salem VA Hospital
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Department of Justice pays $900,000 in Suicide Case From Salem VA Hospital

Negligent Medical Care Leads to Veteran Suicide The Roanoke Times covered this case in an article linked here. Decedent was a 62-year-old Air Force veteran who served in the military for over two decades. She retired in 2000 and since then served as the live-in caretaker for her elderly mother. Decedent received care from the…

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How Does a Lawsuit Against the VA Hospital Work?
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How Does a Lawsuit Against the VA Hospital Work?

In the video below, Frith & Ellerman attorney Bo Frith walks through the process of a lawsuit against a Veterans Administration (VA) hospital for medical malpractice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0iWRfammI

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What is a good death? And how to communicate with physicians about end of life care
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What is a good death? And how to communicate with physicians about end of life care

Yesterday I had an informal conversation with palliative care PA Fiona Sampey about end of life care, and how to plan with your family months and years before a bad diagnosis or change in medical condition occurs. We discussed how to have the conversation, when, what legal documents make this inevitable process easier and better,…

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