{"id":814816,"date":"2024-12-26T01:11:47","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T07:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/26\/doc-indicted-in-old-rape-case-telehealth-death-suit-66m-plastic-surgery-award\/"},"modified":"2024-12-26T01:11:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T07:11:47","slug":"doc-indicted-in-old-rape-case-telehealth-death-suit-66m-plastic-surgery-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/26\/doc-indicted-in-old-rape-case-telehealth-death-suit-66m-plastic-surgery-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Doc Indicted in Old Rape Case; Telehealth Death Suit; $66M Plastic Surgery Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Business News <\/p>\n<div>\n<nav>\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/special-reports\" tabindex=\"15.1\" itemprop=\"articleSection\">Special Reports<\/a><br \/>\n    <span>><\/span><br \/>\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/special-reports\/features\" tabindex=\"15.2\">Features<\/a><br \/>\n  <\/nav>\n<h2>Business News \u2014<br \/>\n      A weekly roundup of healthcare&#8217;s encounters with the courts<\/h2>\n<p>\n      by<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/people\/kf5618\/kristina-fiore\">Kristina Fiore<\/a>, <span>Director of Enterprise &#038; Investigative Reporting, <span>MedPage Today<\/span><\/span>                            <span itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"December 24, 2024\"><br \/>\n                      December 24, 2024<br \/>\n                  <\/span>\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"js-main-content-region\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/articleBody\" itemid=\"#main-content-region\">\n<p>Ohio doctor Frederick Tanzer, MD, has been indicted on federal charges related to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kctv5.com\/2024\/12\/20\/former-kansas-doctor-indicted-federal-charges-related-1989-rape-case\/\" target=\"_blank\">rape case from 1989<\/a>. (<em>KCTV<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>A family sued Amazon One Medical alleging a 45-year-old patient <a href=\"https:\/\/wapo.st\/4fO2w6B\" target=\"_blank\">died after a telehealth visit with the company<\/a>. He reported being short of breath, coughing up blood, and having his feet turn blue, but was reportedly prescribed an inhaler. He allegedly collapsed and died later that day. (<em>Washington Post<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>A court awarded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/news\/idalia-corcoles-lawsuit-verdict-66-million-plastic-surgery-internal-bleeding\/\" target=\"_blank\">$66 million<\/a> to the family of a woman who died due to complications of plastic surgery. (<em>CBS Chicago<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>California oncologist Lauren Pinter-Brown, MD, was awarded nearly $4 million in attorney fees in a discrimination and wrongful termination case against the Regents of the University of California, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.einpresswire.com\/article\/770438091\/court-awards-3-9-million-in-attorney-s-fees-against-uc-regents-18-million-owed-to-renowned-dr-lauren-pinter-brown\" target=\"_blank\">press release from attorneys<\/a>. In May, a jury had awarded her $14 million in the case.<\/p>\n<p>New Hampshire physician Thomas Marks, MD, pleaded guilty to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmur.com\/article\/doctor-sex-assault-patient-plea-thomas-marks\/63266327\" target=\"_blank\">sexually assaulting a patient<\/a> and will spend 8 months in jail. (<em>WMUR<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>A Kansas nurse practitioner is suing her employer after allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/themercury.com\/news\/wamego-nurse-practitioner-suing-employer-for-firing-her-during-pregnancy\/article_ca87ef24-bd68-11ef-8f04-db4ca9c80666.html\" target=\"_blank\">firing her<\/a> for taking maternity leave. (<em>The Mercury<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>A county jail nurse in California has been convicted in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressdemocrat.com\/article\/news\/mendocino-county-nurse-catfishing\/\" target=\"_blank\">catfishing sex case<\/a>. (<em>The Press Democrat<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>More than a dozen cardiology practices will pay more than $17 million to settle claims that they overbilled Medicare for diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/sixteen-cardiology-practices-pay-total-177m-resolve-false-claims-act-allegations-concerning\" target=\"_blank\">according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>California is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcbayarea.com\/investigations\/costa-contra-health-doj-investigation\/3740234\/\" target=\"_blank\">investigating<\/a> a Medi-Cal program following whistleblower reports of patient harm and deaths. (<em>NBC Bay Area<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Massachusetts physician Stephen Holuk, MD, will pay <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwlp.com\/news\/crime\/three-rivers-doctor-pays-220000-to-settle-violation-allegations\/\" target=\"_blank\">$220,000 in civil penalties<\/a> to settle allegations that he prescribed controlled substances without legitimate medical purpose. (<em>WWLP<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>A traveling nurse has been accused of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/crime\/2024\/12\/nurse-stole-used-credit-cards-of-patients-at-syracuse-hospital-and-a-rehab-center-deputies-say.html\" target=\"_blank\">stealing a credit card<\/a> from a patient in New York. (<em>Syracuse.com<\/em>)<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/clf1.medpagetoday.com\/media\/images\/author\/kristinaFiore_188.jpg\" alt=\"Business News author['full_name']\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" previous-src=\"https:\/\/clf1.medpagetoday.com\/media\/images\/author\/kristinaFiore_188.jpg\">\n                            <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/people\/kf5618\/kristina-fiore\">Kristina Fiore<\/a> leads MedPage\u2019s enterprise &#038; investigative reporting team. She\u2019s been a medical journalist for more than a decade and her work has been recognized by Barlett &#038; Steele, AHCJ, SABEW, and others. Send story tips to <span \n                data-original-string='8AdA29IVOD20FmQjM\/R6aw==7f4oJPjSKj3Q5HGHQFYRqxkkbjGgGnkvgg+ou2IDJlcbu4='\n                class='apbct-email-encoder'\n                title='This contact has been encoded by Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. Click to decode. To finish the decoding make sure that JavaScript is enabled in your browser.'>k.<span class=\"apbct-blur\">*****<\/span>@<span class=\"apbct-blur\">**********<\/span>ay.com<\/span>.  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KristinaMFiore\">Follow <span><\/span><\/a>  <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/special-reports\/features\/113540\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Elroy Mongold<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Special Reports &gt; Features \u2014 A weekly roundup of healthcare&#8217;s encounters with the courts by Kristina Fiore, Director of Enterprise &amp; Investigative Reporting, MedPage Today December 24, 2024 Ohio doctor Frederick Tanzer, MD, has been indicted on federal charges related to a rape case from 1989. (KCTV) A family sued Amazon One Medical alleging a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":814817,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35067,39266,34810],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-814816","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-heath","8":"category-indicted","9":"category-telehealth"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=814816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/814817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=814816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=814816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}