Monthly Archives: June 2023
Peachtree Immediate Care to Pay $1.6M to Settle Overbilling Lawsuit
HEALTH NEWS By Ariel Hart, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 6/21/2023 The company that owns Peachtree Immediate Care, the Emory Healthcare network’s chain of urgent care clinics, will pay $1.6 million to settle a lawsuit claiming that during the pandemic the clinics charged for doctor visits that never happened. Learn More….
US DOJ Settles Probe of Illegal Dumping in Houston’s Minority Neighborhoods
June 6, 2023 By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice secured a settlement in its environmental justice investigation into Houston’s response to illegal dumping in Black and Latino neighborhoods. Learn More……
Woman Recovers $6.5M After Stillbirth
A woman has received a $6.5 million payout after Connecticut doctors diagnosed the child with abdominal ascites and attempted to induce labor. The child, however, would not come out and so, doctors performed a C-section. The doctors became frustrated with the process of inducing labor naturally, but the plaintiffs insisted it could have been… Read More »
Is Wandering Off The Grounds (Elopement) Medical Malpractice?
Certain facilities like memory care units and psychiatric facilities have care plans in place that ensure that individuals who wander don’t wander anywhere that can hurt them. Because it is a part of the care plan, it constitutes medical malpractice when a patient “elopes” from the premises. The term “elopement” is used to describe… Read More »
