All Entries in the "Medical Malpractice" Category
Democratic, Republican Attorneys General Continue Health Reform Lawsuit Battle
Politico: Some of the Democratic attorneys general who have refused to join Republican counterparts in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the new health law, now “have become reluctant combatants, dragged into the fray by GOP governors and legislators who insist that their reluctance to join the case is a clear attempt to protect their [...]
Roeder Faces Sentencing For Murder Of Abortion Provider Tiller
Fifty-two-year-old Scott Roeder, who has been convicted of first degree murder in the May 2009 shooting of abortion provider George Tiller, will receive a mandatory minimum life sentence at his sentencing hearing Thursday morning, Reuters reports (Gilliam, Reuters, 4/1)…
Law Enforcement Officials Seek, Find Medicare Fraud
The Palm Beach Post: To pay for the health reform bill, Medicare fraud is “ripe for plucking, top South Florida prosecutors say.” “In 2008, of all the Medicare payouts for home health care services nationwide, over 50 percent were shelled out in Miami-Dade. That was despite the fact that only 2 percent of patients receiving [...]
RPSGB Urges Action On Decriminalisation Of Dispensing Errors, UK
At today’s Council Meeting, RPSGB President Steve Churton said: “Back in 2009 the Society welcomed the news from the Department of Health that new guidance about the decriminalisation of dispensing errors would be published in early 2010. “To date, no guidelines have been issued and we are growing increasingly frustrated and impatient with the delay…
Court Rules Against Gene Patents
The New York Times: A judicial ruling that “threw out parts of two gene patents and called into question thousands more” has biotechnology executives hastening “to reassure their investors that the ruling would not necessarily undermine their businesses, at least in the short run. But the executives themselves were struggling on Tuesday to figure out [...]
Some States Reject Health Reform Lawsuits As Others Prepare To Join Fray
The New York Times: In Georgia, “the Democratic attorney general has rejected” the idea of lawsuits that challenge the constitutionality of the recently enacted federal health overhaul “as ‘frivolous’ and ‘a waste of taxpayer money.’ Now … [31] Republicans in the state legislature signed a resolution Tuesday calling for the impeachment of the attorney general, [...]
Patents On Breast, Ovarian Cancer Genes Invalidated
In a ruling that could have “far-reaching” implications for genetic research and the medical industry, a U.S. District Judge Robert Sweet on Monday invalidated seven patents related to the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, mutations of which have been linked to breast and ovarian cancer, the New York Times reports (Pollack/Schwartz, New York Times, 3/29)…
Judge Rules Ill. Parental Notification Law Constitutional; Blocks Enforcement Pending Appeal
On Monday, Cook County, Ill…
Staffordshire Woman Sentenced For Selling Counterfeit Medicines
Today, a 51-year-old woman was sentenced to eight months in prison at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court for the possession of controlled drugs with the intent to supply, and for the possession of medicines with the intent to place them on the market without a licence…
Baltimore Archdiocese Files Lawsuit To Block Crisis Pregnancy Center Signs In City
The Archdiocese of Baltimore on Monday filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court that seeks to block an ordinance requiring crisis pregnancy centers to post signs stating they do not provide abortion services and information, the AP/San Francisco Examiner reports. The suit names as defendants the city of Baltimore and its mayor, City Council, health [...]
States Mull Joining Health Care Reform Lawsuits Or Keeping Out Of It
The Associated Press/New York Times: Indiana has joined the lawsuit brought by 13 states challenging the constitutionality of a mandate on Americans to carry health insurance in the new health reform law. “State Attorney General Greg Zoeller said Monday that Indiana would be added to an amended version of the lawsuit against the law that [...]
