Nancy Snyderman Scandals

Dr. Nancy Snyderman Scandals
from 2002
"ABC NEEDS A NEW DOCTOR"
http://nypost.com/2002/12/10/abc-needs-a-new-doctor/
"Snyderman, who reports for “Good Morning America,” “The View” and “20/20,” is joining Johnson & Johnson as a vice president.

In 1999, she was forced to return $50,000 she earned after violating insider-trading rules by selling shares in the healthcare Web sitedrkoop.com too soon after it went public."

 "Dr. Nancy Snyderman leaves NBC News after breaking Ebola quarantine" 
http://fortune.com/2015/03/12/nancy-snyderman-nbc-ebola/  

"CNN, ABC, and NBC Dumb Down the News About CV Screening"
http://cardiobrief.org/2011/08/22/cnn-abc-and-nbc-dumb-down-the-news-about-cv-screening/

2015 EvidMed Fraud Files

"Cancer doctor prescribed thousands of abnormal chemotherapy dosages, says oncology expert"
http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2015/07/disgraced_cancer_doctor_prescr.html

"Patient sues anesthesiologist who mocked him while sedated"
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/patient-sues-anesthesiologist-who-mocked-him-while-sedated/

"Dr. Nancy Snyderman leaves NBC News after breaking Ebola quarantine" 
http://fortune.com/2015/03/12/nancy-snyderman-nbc-ebola/

"Research Misconduct Identified by the US Food and Drug Administration
Out of Sight, Out of Mind, Out of the Peer-Reviewed Literature"
http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2109855
  
"Are Your Medications Safe? 292 The FDA buries evidence of fraud in medical trials. My students and I dug it up."
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2015/02/fda_inspections_fraud_fabrication_and_scientific_misconduct_are_hidden_from.html

"Doctors’ association settles kickback case with state, feds for $1.8 million"
http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2015/01/20/doctors-association-settles-kickback-case-with-state-feds-for-million/tLYXO5PnP9vY2sjmctuACO/story.html  

2014 Medical Fraud Files

"Rogue-Surgeon Case Raises Question of Who Knew What"  
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/817708

"Mich. doctor admits to fraudulent treatments"
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/mich-doctor-admits-to-fraud/

"California may have paid millions for fraudulent drug treatment -audit"
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/20/us-usa-california-drugs-idUSKBN0GK03W20140820

"Doctor accused of selling false hope to families"
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/15/stanislaw-burzynski-cancer-controversy/2994561/

"Dabigatran: how the drug company withheld important analyses"
http://www.bmj.com/content/349/bmj.g4670

"$37 Million Settlement Reached In Unnecessary Heart Stent Case"
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2014/04/07/37-million-settlement-reached-in-former-towson-doctors-stent-case/

"Deaths Linked to Cardiac Stents Rise as Overuse Seen"
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-26/deaths-linked-to-cardiac-stents-rise-as-overuse-seen.html

"Ontario doctors performing unnecessary cardiac tests, study finds
Ontario government has potential to save millions by tightening use of echocardiograms."
http://www.thestar.com/life/health_wellness/2013/04/08/ontario_doctors_performing_unnecessary_cardiac_tests_study_finds.html

"We’re Still Not Tracking Patient Harm"
"Top patient-safety experts call on Congress to step in and, among other steps, give the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wider responsibility for measuring medical mistakes."
http://www.propublica.org/article/were-still-not-tracking-patient-harm

"Hopkins Pays $190M in Pelvis Exam Pix Settlement"
"A "rogue" gynecologist who used tiny cameras to secretly record videos and photos of his patients has forced one of the world's top medical centers to pay $190 million to 8,000 women and girls."
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/lawyer-pelvic-exam-pics-cost-hopkins-190-million-24648463

"Labor Department issues warning about Hopkins doctor's findings on black lung claims"
"The U.S. Department of Labor warned its officials to view with skepticism any X-ray readings by Dr. Paul Wheeler of Johns Hopkins"
http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/06/04/14897/labor-department-issues-warning-about-hopkins-doctors-findings-black-lung-claims

"Fanny Pack Mixup Unravels Massive Medicare Fraud Scheme
Two secretaries in a doctor’s office have pleaded guilty and a pharmacy owner faces charges in a scam that Medicare allowed to thrive for more than two years."
http://www.propublica.org/article/fanny-pack-mixup-unravels-massive-medicare-fraud-scheme 

"Duped into donating kidneys"
" . . . reports on why so many villagers in Kavre, a tiny district in Nepal, fall prey to organ traffickers."
http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/international/2014/06/26/cfp-nepal-organ-kavre.cnn.html

"Medicare Billing Outliers Often Have Disciplinary Problems, Too"
" . . . how often doctors with unusual billing patterns have been disciplined by their state medical boards or have faced accusations against their licenses."
http://www.propublica.org/article/among-doctors-with-unusual-billing-patterns-disciplinary-actions-common

"VA deaths covered up to make statistics look better, whistle-blower says"
http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/23/us/phoenix-va-deaths-new-allegations/index.html?hpt=hp_c2

"Scientist who faked AIDS research indicted"
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/06/19/fake-aids-research/10899589/

"Woman Disfigured After Cancer Misdiagnosis to Get Free Surgery"
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/woman-disfigured-cancer-misdiagnosis-free-surgery/story?id=24235687

"Hospital pays $16.5M to settle cardiologists’ fraud case"
http://www.cardiovascularbusiness.com/topics/practice-management/hospital-pays-165m-settle-cardiologists%E2%80%99-fraud-case

"Woman Gets $11.6M Bill After Death of Disabled Brother in NYC Facility"
" . . . one year after his sister filed a lawsuit accusing the staff of killing him, New York officials have sent her an $11.67 million bill."
"The New York medical examiner concluded Rose's death was a homicide and that he "became unresponsive" while being restrained . . . "
"She alleges that at least three staff threw Rose to the ground and one sat on him . . . "
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/disabled-man-killed-estate-11m-bill-23900886  

"Hummus Maker Warned of ‘Extreme Safety Risk’ Before Temp Worker’s Death"
"Daniel Collazo was pulled into a hummus grinder in 2011. New documents show Tribe Mediterranean Foods knew about the safety problem that caused his death, but did nothing about it."
http://www.propublica.org/article/hummus-maker-warned-of-extreme-safety-risk-before-temp-workers-death

"Texas woman claims she gave birth alone in jail, baby died"
http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/23/us/texas-jail-baby-death/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

"Ex-patients, families say decades of abuse, fraud at Colorado facility ignored"
http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/09/us/colorado-treatment-center-lawsuits/index.html?hpt=hp_c2

"Complaints, Suicide Fail to Close Mental Health Center"
http://www.newser.com/story/186657/complaints-suicide-fail-to-close-mental-health-center.html

"Federal judges plead guilty"
"Juris imprudence: Litigants reeling after judges admit conflicts of interest"
http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/04/28/14630/federal-judges-plead-guilty 

"Even After Doctors Are Sanctioned or Arrested, Medicare Keeps Paying"
http://www.propublica.org/article/even-after-doctors-are-sanctioned-or-arrested-medicare-keeps-paying

"Drug Company Agrees to Pay $27.6 Million to Settle Allegations Involving Chicago Psychiatrist"
http://www.propublica.org/article/drug-company-agrees-settle-allegations-involving-chicago-psychiatrist

"Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. was accused of paying Michael Reinstein, a psychiatrist who has figured into two ProPublica investigations, to overprescribe a risky antipsychotic.""Family Hospitalized After Eating LSD-Laced Meat"
http://www.newser.com/story/

"Family sues Petco after deadly rat bite"
http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/crime/2014/02/26/nr-hostin-pet-rat-bite-lawsuit.cnn-ap.html

"Whistleblower Nabs Cardiologist for Alleged Fraud"
2013
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Blogs/InOtherWords/40417

2013

Medical Fraud Files

2013

"4 charged in alleged N.J. medical fraud that gave patients bogus lab tests"

"The long-running scheme involving “numerous” doctors in New Jersey bilked millions of dollars from Medicare and private health insurers, betrayed the trust of patients and could lead to future problems for patients whose medical records were doctored with fabricated diagnosis codes to justify ordering unnecessary blood tests, said U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman, who announced charges Tuesday against four people.

Among them was Dr. Frank Santangelo, an internist with offices in Wayne and Montville, who allegedly received more than $700,000 in bribes for referring at least $4.2 million in blood tests to Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services LLC. Santangelo, 43, of Boonton, also was charged with using the mails and facilities in interstate commerce to promote commercial bribery."

http://www.northjersey.com/news/crime-and-courts/update-4-charged-in-alleged-n-j-medical-fraud-that-gave-patients-bogus-lab-tests-1.599790