PA’s Murder Trial; Doc’s Manslaughter Charge; Cardiologist’s Kickback Settlement

New York physician assistant Jacob Klein is representing himself in a murder trial in which he is accused of killing Philip Rabadi, also a physician assistant. (Times Union)

Nebraska doctor Mark Carlson, MD, has been charged with manslaughter following a high-speed car crash that killed a 22-year-old woman. (KETV 7)

The family suing Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida over Beata Kowalski’s death has dropped charges against a social worker, Catherine Bedy. The Kowalski family previously settled with Bedy’s employer, DCF Suncoast, and with the company’s child abuse pediatrician, Sally Smith, MD. The family’s push to hold the hospital and healthcare professionals accountable was featured in the Netflix documentary, “Take Care of Maya.” (FOX 13)

A New Jersey appeals court agreed with a lower court that the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome is based on “junk science.” (New Jersey Monitor)

New Hampshire physician Robert Soucy, DO, was indicted on charges that he wrote prescriptions for fentanyl and other drugs without a legitimate medical need. (WMUR 9)

New York cardiologist Klaus Peter Rentrop, MD, will pay $6.5 million to settle allegations that he paid millions in kickbacks to other doctors and their practices for patient referrals, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.

Indiana’s attorney general, Todd Rokita, announced that he filed a lawsuit against IU Health, alleging the health system didn’t train employees to protect personal health information. The move follows a long battle between the attorney general and ob/gyn Caitlin Bernard, MD, who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old rape victim and later spoke to the press about it.

Philadelphia-based Thomas Jefferson University Hospital doesn’t have to use outside oncologists, a federal judge ruled. The judge denied a motion brought by Alliance Cancer Specialists, a medical practice with 36 oncologists, which alleged the health system is trying to monopolize cancer care in the area. (Becker’s Hospital Review)

Physician staffing firm American Physician Partners announced that it has filed for bankruptcy. The company said over the summer that it would shut down by the end of July.

The California legislature has passed a bill that would require board investigators to interview patients or their families before closing a complaint, among other parameters more favorable to alleged victims. (Los Angeles Times)

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