Two Dallas-area doctors and four medical professionals have been charged for their roles in a $13.4 million Medicare fraud scheme involving home health services.
According to the indictment, from 2007 to 2015, the ring conspired to defraud Medicare by submitting and hiding false claims. Beneficiaries who were not patients and did not qualify for services were allegedly certified for...
Owners of a Dallas marketing and research company are accused of defrauding TRICARE, the military healthcare system, out of millions of dollars for compounded products made by pharmacies.
Richard Cesario and John Cooper are the owners of CMGRx LLC. The company marketed compounded pain and scar creams to current and former U.S. military members and their families on behalf of various...
Mesothelioma doctors at the Mayo Clinic are in the midst of a clinical trial to determine the safety and effectiveness of cryotherapy treatment for patients. Mesothelioma is an aggressive, terminal cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. Many workers have been exposed to the dangerous substance in their work with asbestos gaskets, asbestos brake linings and asbestos insulation...
Indonesia has ordered oil companies to reduce benzene levels in gasoline sold in that country. The new lower limits will go into effect in July 2017. Indonesia’s National Environment Agency (NEA) reportedly has decided that gasoline sold there may not contain more than one percent benzene.
New One Percent Cap on Benzene in Gasoline to Take Effect Next YearIndonesia’s new benzene...
What did medical device maker C.R. Bard do after it learned problems existed with its blood clot filter? The medical device in question was developed to replace a different filter implicated in the deaths of 27 people? Bard continued selling the filters — more than 160,000 of them in a five-year period.
Bard is a New Jersey-based corporation that manufacturers medical devices,...
Groundwater samples taken last year from underneath the former Fenimore Landfill in Roxbury, New Jersey found elevated levels of benzene, ammonia and arsenic. New Jersey’s groundwater water quality standard (GWQS) for benzene is 1 part per billion (ppb). Benzene concentrations found in the groundwater underneath the former dumpsite ranged from 1.8 ppb to 3 ppb. Still, according to Maser...
Three Waters Kraus & Paul Partners Recognized Among State’s Top 5% of Lawyers by Peers
Waters Kraus & Paul partners Gary Paul, Michael Armitage, and Scott Frost have been selected for inclusion on the Southern California Super Lawyers list published in the February 2016 issues of Southern California Super Lawyers magazine by Thomson...
Across the country, our nation’s school districts are faced with limited funding for safety inspections meant to detect the presence of asbestos, the only established cause of mesothelioma, an aggressive and fatal cancer. Schools used to be reimbursed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to cover the cost of asbestos inspections. Now that EPA funding has been cut off, many...
Orthopedic surgeons in Europe will often mix-and-match components when performing hip replacement surgery. This is happening in spite of warnings against the practice from manufacturers of metal-on-metal and other hip systems. This was the finding of Dr. Keith Tucker, an orthopedic surgeon in Norwich, United Kingdom, and his colleagues, who conducted a recent study to learn how many total hip...
January 21, 2016 – Patients are now being enrolled in a new study to assess the effectiveness and safety of inferior vena cava (IVC) filters — small medical devices implanted in the body to stop blood clots from reaching the heart or lungs. The five-year-long study will involve 2,100 patients at 60 medical sites around the country. PRESERVE (Predicting the Safety and Effectiveness of...
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