Ex-Wife of Ambushed Doc Arrested; Gender-Affirming Care Suit; COVID Testing Scheme

— A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts

by Kristina Fiore, Director of Enterprise & Investigative Reporting, �鶹��ý December 19, 2024

Legal Break over a blindfolded Lady Justice statue holding scales.

The ex-wife of a Los Angeles doctor who was murdered in an ambush outside his office for the crime along with four other suspects. (People)

A 20-year-old student is suing multiple California healthcare providers and hospitals alleging she was and "fast-tracked" to puberty blockers, sex hormones, and surgery. (NBC News)

A man sued Hartgrove Hospital in Chicago, alleging he was at the behavioral health facility as a young boy. (ABC Chicago)

A federal judge in Texas has accusing a hospital of allowing unlicensed foreign physicians to perform surgeries. (Becker's Hospital Review)

Pennsylvania doctor Kenneth Fox, DO, was with illegally distributing buprenorphine/naloxone (Suboxone) from a basement office after being fired from Jefferson Health. (6ABC Action News)

A school nurse in Florida was arrested for allegedly having an with a student. (WESH)

Florida nurse Trenton Duckworth was arrested for allegedly stealing a credit card and to himself from his patient. (FOX 13)

Nebraska physician Troy Dillon, DO, who was found guilty of committing lewd acts on children and recording a woman without her consent, had his . (KETV)

Texas anesthesiologist Jeffrey Colvin, MD, was found guilty of during an exam. (KCBD)

A New York couple is suing Connecticut fertility clinics and a doctor for allegedly three frozen embryos. (WTNH)

New Jersey nurse Andre Angus has been charged with several patients under his care. (MyCentralJersey.com)

A California hospital will pay $10.25 million to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims to federal insurers for medically unnecessary inpatient hospital admissions, .

Texas physician Mark Mazzare, MD, pleaded guilty to his role in a $5.5 million COVID-19 testing scheme, .

California physician Victor Contreras, MD, was sentenced to 2 years in federal prison for his role in a $3 million Medicare scheme involving unnecessary hospice services, .

Massachusetts physician Rahim Shafa, MD, was sentenced to 3 years in prison for his role in a scheme that involved implanting patients with naltrexone and disulfiram pellets that weren't approved in the U.S., .

Kristina Fiore leads MedPage’s enterprise & investigative reporting team. She’s been a medical journalist for more than a decade and her work has been recognized by Barlett & Steele, AHCJ, SABEW, and others. Send story tips to k.fiore@medpagetoday.com.