Practice agrees to pay $1.4M for allegedly delivering teleradiology services...
The Department of Justice claims that Mori, Bean and Brooks fraudulently billed government payment programs for the interpretation work between 2012 and 2019.
View ArticleRadiologist accused of misreading MRI—resulting in $18M settlement—says he...
Travis Clark, MD, and Seattle Radiologists described the patient's injuries as “unfortunate," but testimony from three imaging experts backed the accused clinician’s claims, attorneys said.
View ArticleRadiologist arrested for attempted murder-suicide
The American public heaved a collective sigh of relief upon hearing a family of four somehow survived their car’s violent tumble down a rocky 250-foot cliff in Northern California Jan. 2.
View ArticleJudge denies Radiology Partners’ initial request to resolve ‘bogus’...
The nation's largest commercial insurer recently filed an amended complaint, claiming that RP perpetrated a billing scheme motivated by "pure greed."
View ArticlePhilips will pay $479M to settle class-action lawsuit stemming from product...
The Amsterdam-based imaging industry giant emphasized that the agreement “does not include or constitute any admission of liability, wrongdoing or fault.”
View ArticleThe most common reasons for imaging contrast agent-related malpractice lawsuits
Experts offered three takeaways from their query of legal claims databases, sharing their findings in Radiology.
View ArticleCigna will pay $172M for allegedly filing false claims that lacked necessary...
NPs purportedly would diagnose serious, complex conditions without the necessary medical imaging to reach such conclusions, the Department of Justice said Sept. 30.
View ArticleMobile imaging provider to pay $85M for false claims stemming from alleged...
The alleged kickback scheme spanned nine years, with Cardiac Imaging Inc. paying physicians "excessive fees" to oversee PET scans, the DOJ said.
View ArticleRadiologist dies after plane he was piloting crashes
Clifton Coffman, MD, practiced diagnostic radiology for more than 50 years, including serving as chief of the specialty at Willis-Knighton Medical Center.
View ArticleHospital radiologic technologist charged in alleged prescription drug fraud...
Authorities accuse Rafael Garcia of illegally obtaining Adderall, Clonazepam, testosterone, and other substances via an NP coworker.
View ArticleHospital fails to dodge $10M malpractice verdict after attempting to pin...
A nurse punctured the 68-year-old patient's lung with a feeding tube in 2018, and radiologist Louis Jacobs, MD, subsequently failed to spot the injury on X-ray.
View ArticleJury convicts radiology business owner in imaging-contrast kickback scheme
Neurosurgeon Payam Toobian, MD, oversaw a scam in which two physicians would receive gift cards and cash in exchange for referrals to his imaging center.
View ArticleHospital on the hook for $120M jury verdict after residents miss signs of...
“I’ve been a lawyer for 40 years now, and I’ve never heard of a malpractice verdict like this,” the plaintiff attorney said.
View ArticlePatient sues SimonMed Imaging claiming tech injected her with Valium instead...
Plaintiff attorneys also allege the sedative was administered in an excessive dose, forcing the woman to go back on anti-seizure meds and delay her fertility treatment.
View ArticleAfter extracting $85M from imaging provider and its CEO, DOJ targets former...
Florida resident Rick Nassenstein allegedly “played a central role” in a scheme that involved paying physicians “exorbitant” fees to refer patients for PET scans.
View ArticleProminent radiology practice accused of refusing imaging services to...
The dispute dates to August, when Suzanne Garraffa first contacted Connecticut-based Jefferson Radiology seeking X-rays.
View ArticleClass action lawsuit claims radiologists subjected patients to ‘secret’ MRI...
Physician allegedly kept patients in scanners for extra examinations as part of a study evaluating the livers of indigenous peoples.
View ArticleTechnologist files class action lawsuit claiming imaging provider violated...
Attorneys accuse Digirad of failing to pay minimum wages or overtime and shirking laws requiring regular meal and rest periods.
View ArticleRadiologist prevails in malpractice case alleging ultrasound misread led to...
Defense attorneys say the case boils down to challenges reading the exam, which was “complex with subtle findings that the experts simply interpreted differently.”
View ArticleProposed class action lawsuit accuses radiology practice of failing to...
Attorneys allege Eastern Radiologists failed to implement the proper protections that would have kept hackers from capturing nearly 890,000 patients’ data.
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