Baby’s Death a Homicide; Discharged to Die? Pharma Worker Sues Over Rx Drug Benefits

The death of a baby who was decapitated during delivery has been ruled a homicide by the medical examiner in Clayton County, Georgia. Mother Jessica Ross filed a lawsuit last year alleging the Southern Regional Medical Center attempted to conceal the baby’s manner of death. (AP)

A woman who later died of a stroke shouldn’t have been discharged from the hospital and forced to leave despite her pleas for more help, according to a new lawsuit. (AP)

Texas anesthesiologist Jeffrey Norman Colvin, MD, has been temporarily barred from treating women after he was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a female patient. (Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)

A Virginia doctor who was sentenced to 40 years in prison for overprescribing opioids had his conviction overturned. (Reuters)

An employee of Johnson & Johnson is suing the company, alleging it mismanaged prescription drug benefits for its workers, leading them to overpay millions for specialty generic drugs. (Wall Street Journal)

Former Arizona doctor Stephen Miller, MD, is facing a manslaughter charge for allegedly helping a New York woman die by suicide. Medical aid in dying is illegal in New York. (New York Times)

The former president of Illinois-based Cardiac Imaging, a provider of mobile cardiac PET scans, has been accused of paying exorbitant, above-fair-market value fees to doctors who referred patients to his company, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Nurse Tammy Coyle was arrested for allegedly stealing fentanyl from Conway Medical Center in South Carolina. (FOX Carolina)

Illinois physician William McMiller, MD, was found guilty of a $1.2 million Medicaid fraud scheme that involved submitting claims for psychotherapy and medical services that were never provided. (Chicago Sun-Times)

Missouri physician Romel Izquierdo-Malon, MD, pleaded guilty to his role in a $1.4 million Medicare and Medicaid fraud scheme involving genetic testing, according to federal prosecutors.

After an 8-day trial, Texas physician Leovares Mendez, MD, was convicted of illegally prescribing opioids in exchange for cash payments, federal prosecutors said.

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