In Oregon, podiatrist Colin Mizuo, DPM, faces allegations of medical malpractice after a lawsuit claims he injected rubbing alcohol instead of an anesthetic while removing a patient’s toenails, resulting in severe pain and subsequent nail necrosis.
Chintan Shah, MD, of Florida, was arrested on child pornography charges following an investigation into online communications with minors.
In Iowa, pediatrician Najeeb Khalil Ahmed Ansari, MD, had his medical license revoked due to allegations of inappropriate conduct with young female patients.
Tennessee gynecologist Sanjeev Kumar, MD, was sentenced to 20 years in prison after being convicted of performing unnecessary hysteroscopy procedures and improperly reusing single-use medical devices without adequate sterilization.
Hemal Gada, MD, a Pennsylvania cardiologist, has agreed to dismiss his lawsuit against the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, which alleged retaliation after he reported potential conflicts of interest involving the health system’s leadership.
Federal prosecutors have indicted two individuals for billing Medicaid for ambulance services that were either never provided or generated through illegal kickbacks.
At least 47 people have been charged with felonies in connection with an attempted theft of thousands of beagles from a research facility in Wisconsin.
The former founder and CEO of Done Global, a digital health company, was sentenced to six years in prison and ordered to pay a $1 million fine for illegally distributing over 37 million pills of amphetamine-dextroamphetamine (Adderall). The company’s former clinical president received a two-year prison sentence and a $1 million fine, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
A union has raised concerns that the Department of Health and Human Services and the Treasury Department have failed to respond to telework accommodation requests from employees with disabilities.