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Physician convicted in $10M veteran insurance fraud scheme
One recruiter hosted a meeting at the Fisher Armory in North Little Rock, Ark., where he signed up patients for the drugs and offered to pay them...
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California doctor to pay $9.5 million in Medicare, Medi-Cal fraud scheme
The procedures he falsely billed for included injecting a medication for treating osteoarthritis and osteoporosis, draining tailbone cysts, and...
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‘Goodie bag’ pill mill doctor sentenced to 2 decades in prison
Regardless of the patients’ complaints, the internist gave them tote bags with prescription drugs, including muscle relaxers, anti-inflammatories...
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Psychiatrist found guilty in $110 million fraud scheme
“This defendant used his medical license to facilitate an egregious, multimillion-dollar fraud scheme that exploited vulnerable substance abusers...
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Doctor’s illegal opioid prescriptions lead to five deaths
The physician often prescribed combinations of medications, such as concurrent opioids, increasing the chances that his patients would become...
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Physician burnout, depression compounded by COVID: Survey
“There’s no question that women have reported far more role strain during the pandemic than men.”
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Pandemic weighing on physicians’ happiness outside of work: survey
Work-life balance is an important, if elusive, goal for physicians, and not just females.
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Pill mill psychiatrist gets prison; must forfeit cash, luxury cars
Even though the undercover patients pretended to have signs of drug abuse, Dr. Abraham still prescribed oxycodone on each visit without any...
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Former nurse sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexual assault of incapacitated patient
“It’s hard to imagine a more vulnerable adult than the victim in this case.”
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Pandemic stresses harder on physician moms than physician dads: Study
Study results suggest that the pandemic has increased gender disparity and added disproportionately to the burden of female physicians.
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Nurses ‘at the breaking point,’ consider quitting due to COVID issues: Survey
“Hospitals can have all the beds and all the rooms and all the equipment they want, but without nurses and others at the front lines to provide...