Posts tagged medicaid

• Ten Things You Should Know About the New Healthcare Bill

  David Mittleman | March 29, 2010 10:02 AM | 2 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  With all the rumors swirling around the new healthcare bill, it’s difficult to know how you and your family will really be affected. So here are 10 things you need to know about the new...

• Dentist Used Paper Clips In Patients' Mouths During Root Canal Procedures

  David Mittleman | March 18, 2010 2:30 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Massachusetts—a former dentist was accused of placing paper clips in his patients’ mouths instead of the appropriate stainless steel posts used in root canal procedures so that he could...

• Christ Hospital Settles Whistleblower Lawsuit That Alleges Hospital Had An Illegal Kickback Scheme

  David Mittleman | February 05, 2010 10:04 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Cincinnati Ohio—Christ Hospital will pay millions to settle a federal whistleblower lawsuit that alleges that the hospital’s acclaimed cardiac-care center ran an illegal kickback scheme....

• NY Governor Patterson Proposes Legislation Restricting Pharmaceutical Company Gift-Giving to Docs

  David Mittleman | February 02, 2010 10:21 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  New York’s Governor Patterson recently proposed tougher laws that would prevent pharmaceutical companies from giving gifts to doctors to entice them to promote the use of specific prescription...

• Small Smiles Dental Chain Settles With Justice Dept. For Medical Fraud

  David Mittleman | January 23, 2010 10:00 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  No child likes going to the dentist, but for the children who went to the Small Smiles dental clinics, the experience was even worse. FORBA Holdings LLC, the parent company of the chain, settled...

• Michigan Sued for Cutting Off Medicaid Dental Benefits to Poor and Disabled

  David Mittleman | October 31, 2009 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Along with other devastating cuts, Governor Granholm has been forced to cut Medicaid dental benefits for low-income and disabled adults. However, a lawsuit was recently filed on behalf of 400,000...

• Department of Justice Cracks Down on Insurance Fraud

  David Mittleman | June 26, 2009 5:34 PM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The U.S. Department of Justice has announced that the former managing pharmacist of a New Jersey pharmacy has pleaded guilty to submitting fraudulent claims to health insurers. The defendant...

• Waiting Room Tragedies And The Need For Universal Health Care

  David Mittleman | November 05, 2008 2:06 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Candida Diego fractured her skull in a fall in September of 2004. After being cleared for a brain scan to check for bleeding, she became partially paralyzed because she spent two hours in a waiting...

• Whistleblowers Expose Untested and Off-Label Prescription Uses By Drug Manufacturers

  David Mittleman | October 03, 2008 1:21 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  “Off-Label” use is a practice of prescribing drugs for uses other than those approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Once a prescription drug has been FDA approved, the FDA...