New Allegations in Doc’s Drano Poisoning Case; $535M Behavioral Health Verdict

Yue “Emily” Yu, MD, the California doctor charged with poisoning her husband with Drano, faces new allegations that she coached her kids to lie about their dad. (Los Angeles Times)

Universal Health Services is contesting a $535 million verdict in a negligence case involving one of its behavioral health services subsidiaries. The jury ruled that the company was at fault in the rape of a 13-year-old patient by another patient. (Becker’s Behavioral Health)

A Detroit jury awarded $120 million to the family of a boy who was severely injured during birth at a hospital in the Henry Ford Health System. (Click On Detroit)

The trial of anesthesiologist Raynaldo Ortiz, MD, who is accused of poisoning IV bags, began in federal court in Dallas on Monday. Prosecutors said during opening statements that Ortiz “used his medical skills and knowledge to hurt people instead of help them.” (WFAA)

Alleged victims of Illinois ob/gyn Fabio Ortega, MD — who already served a year in prison for sexual abuse — want investigations into him reopened, as some 500 of them have now levied accusations against him. (ABC 7)

An Iowa nurse was sentenced to just over a year in prison for stealing painkillers from at least 50 women who had just given birth. (Kansas City Star)

Five doctors will pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to settle kickback allegations connected to referrals for lab tests, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).

The Radiology Group, a Georgia-based diagnostic radiology company, will pay about $3 million to settle allegations that it “rubber stamped” interpretation reports prepared by contractors in India who weren’t allowed to practice medicine in the U.S., federal prosecutors said.

A physician couple from Pennsylvania — John Johnson, MD, and Paula Johnson, MD — pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud charges for their roles in a urine drug testing scheme that led to overbilling and unnecessary tests, according to federal prosecutors.

The family of a Maryland mother who died after cosmetic surgery at a Florida facility will get a settlement of about $325,000. (Miami Herald)

Colorado doctor Mark Young, MD, who operated a ketamine clinic, has been arrested on charges of “sexual contact – fake medical exam.” (9 News)

A Texas woman who was charged with murder for self-managed abortion only to have the case dropped has now sued prosecutors in federal court. (AP)

Iowa nurse practitioner Carl Markley — who is facing sex trafficking charges and is accused of inappropriately touching boys during exams — has been named in a new lawsuit from an employee who alleges he was wrongfully terminated after he started questioning Markley’s physical exams. (KCCI)

Twin siblings in Nevada filed a lawsuit accusing the late ob/gyn Joseph Plautz, MD, of using his own sperm to impregnate their mother without her knowledge. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Charges have been re-filed against Missouri physician Travis Birkhead, MD, who is now accused of rape, assault, and kidnapping. (KOMU)

Lynn Lindaman, MD, the Iowa doctor who was convicted of sexual abuse earlier this year, had his medical license revoked. (Des Moines Register)

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