Recent Posts in March, 2012

• Unverified Claims Made by Hospitals Advertising for Robotic Surgery

  Mar 30, 2012
  Posted by Paul Rheingold, Esq. Dr. Maria Schiavone from Columbia University in New York recently presented a paper at a meeting of the Society of ...
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• Kaiser Foundation Critical of High Costs of Robotic Surgery

  Mar 30, 2012
  Posted by Paul Rheingold, Esq. Kaiserhealthnews.org recently published an article which points out that the medical insurance premiums all of us pay ...
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• Fourteen Hospitals Settle for $12 Million in False Claims

  Mar 27, 2012
  Thanks to two brave whistleblowers , fourteen hospitals in seven states are settling to pay more than $12 million to allegations that they falsified ...
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• 15% of US Surgeons Admit Alcohol Abuse

  Mar 22, 2012
  In a new national survey, 15% of surgeons admitted that they suffer from alcohol abuse or dependence - a statistic that is 5% higher than the number ...
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• Continuing Attacks on the Yaz/Yasmin FDA Advisory Panel

  Mar 19, 2012
  As our Yaz/Yasmin clients know, we have reported that the recent FDA panel which determined that Yaz was unsafe without strengthened warnings. Yet, as ...
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• Whistleblower Lawsuit Reinstated Against Construction Company

  Mar 15, 2012
  A whistleblower suit was reinstated by the US Court of Appeals, ruling that an employer shouldn't have been awarded summary judgment on a retaliation ...
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• Yet Another Honda Airbag Recall

  Mar 13, 2012
  Owners of 2012 Honda Accords and Crosstour CUVs will not be happy to hear that their vehicles may have airbags which do not deploy in an accident. ...
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• German Merck Receives FDA Warning

  Mar 12, 2012
  After inspecting three Merck KGgA (Merck's Pharmaceutical division in Germany) drug manufacturing plants in Europe last summer, the Food and Drug ...
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