On October 4, 2005, whistleblower Dr. Michael K. Drakeford, an orthopedic surgeon, filed a False Claims Act lawsuit against Tuomey Healthcare System for violations of the Stark Laws on behalf of the United States. The government intervened and took over the action.
The case alleged that Tuomey violated the Stark Law, which prohibits health care providers from billing Medicare for...
45-Year-Old Man Diagnosed with Mesothelioma in 2007, 35 Years After Exposure to Asbestos Dust on Father’s Work Clothes
BALTIMORE, Md. – January 27, 2010 – A Baltimore City jury yesterday awarded $9.936 million to the son of a merchant mariner who suffers with...
One of the primary causes ofbirth defects in the United States is the parent’s exposure to toxic chemicals. According to the Centers for Disease Control, one baby in 33 will suffer from a birth defect. Some of the toxic substances that can cause birth defects include coal ash, pesticides used in the agricultural industry, and toxic chemicals used to manufacture conductor...
Pesticides have been shown in repeated studies to cause birth defects, cancer and neurological problems. Yet American farmworkers are routinely exposed to dangerous pesticides. As part of their jobs, they are often exposed when they mix up batches of pesticides to spray on crops and then again as they apply the pesticides in the fields.
EPA Strengthens Pesticide RegulationsNew safety...
A mesothelioma drug that once held promise for patients and their families has failed to live up to everyone’s hope. In a phase II clinical trial, defactinib (VS-6063) proved to be no more effective than a placebo.
Defactinib (VS-6063) Clinical Trial Ceases EnrollmentDefactnib is manufactured by Verastem, a Boston biopharmaceutical company. Defactnib is designed to attack malignant...
Dangerous benzene exposure is a risk for workers and for those in the community living near petroleum refineries where ambient benzene occurs around the fence to the plant. Benzene exposure causes a number of blood cancers and diseases, such as acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndrome.
Wireless Gas Monitoring Systems Available to Cut Risk of Benzene ExposureFor...
A new mesothelioma treatment center has been launched at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore. For decades, thousands of American workers were exposed to asbestos in Baltimore-area steel mills and shipyards. Asbestos exposure is the only established cause of pleural mesothelioma, a painful and aggressive cancer. Each year, 3,000 Americans are diagnosed with...
On September 1, 2015, the Department of Justice announced that Kmart resolved a whistleblower’s allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by offering improper inducements to Medicare beneficiaries. The whistleblower in the case, Joshua Leighr, was a pharmacist who worked in various Springfield, MO-area Kmart pharmacies. While there, he witnessed various Kmart schemes intended to...
A decade-long study of almost 60,000 Canadian womenreportedly has revealed that an alarming 1 in 30 women treated with transvaginal mesh (TVM) will suffer pain, bleeding or other complications so severe that a second surgery is required. The troubling findings on this medical device have been published in JAMA Surgery.
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