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
read moreNot just yes but hell yes! Are people being harmed and killed by preventable medical negligence? Yes again. The Department of Health and Human Services’ inspector general found that 10% of hospitalized Medicare patients experienced preventable harm during hospital stays in October of 2018. I do not know the exact…
read moreListen to Dan Frith on the Eldercare Success Podcast discussing “Researching Hospitals to Get Better Care.”
read moreFrom the New York Times “The Daily” podcast on January 25, 2023, including specific information on a hospital system in Virginia: How Nonprofit Hospitals Put Profits Over People
read moreListen to Dan Frith, president of Frith & Ellerman Law Firm, on podcast Eldercare Success discussing how to choose your doctor.
read moreMany elderly Americans need medical care at home…they don’t need or want to be in hospital and certainly want to avoid being placed in nursing home. What these individuals need is trained and attentive home health services…and most of the providers (nurses and nursing aids) are just that…competent and caring…
read moreMany people have never heard of “ghost surgery.” What is it? Ghost surgery occurs when a surgeon performs surgery on another surgeon’s patient, and the surgeons are aware of the arrangement but the patient is not. There are legitimate reasons for surgeons to switch places. For instance, one surgeon may…
read moreOne of the most common areas for whistleblowers is the opioid crisis. As chronicled in countless books, podcasts, and TV shows, the opioid industry is rife with fraud. In 2020 and 2021 alone, the Justice Department secured settlements in excess of $3 billion arising from whistleblower and False Claims Act…
read moreThe good people in Danville and Martinsville Virginia have a problem. They don’t have access to good medical care. They don’t have good hospitals. Sovah Health (owned by Lifepoint Health based in Tennessee) purchased Danville Regional Medical Center and Martinsville Memorial Hospital several years ago and my firm has been…
read moreJust this week, HEYtex USA, a military fabric supplier based in Pulaski, Virginia, agreed to pay $3 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act. In Wednesday’s announcement of the settlement, United States Attorney Chris Kavanaugh cited the actions of a HEYtex employee who came forward as…
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