Showing posts with label Unneeded Stent. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Unneeded Stent. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Eastern Shore doctor convicted of criminal charges in stent case - baltimoresun.com

Eastern Shore doctor convicted of criminal charges in stent case - baltimoresun.com: "A federal jury convicted a retired Eastern Shore cardiologist Tuesday of health care fraud and related charges for placing unnecessary coronary stents in the arteries of dozens of patients, then billing private and public insurers hundreds of thousands of dollars for the procedures.

John R. McLean, 59, who surrendered his medical privileges at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in 2007 after a hospital investigation, faces a maximum of 35 years in prison at his sentencing, scheduled for Nov. 10, according to the Maryland U.S. attorney's office." Click the link above to read the full Baltimore Sun Article.

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Unnecessary stents: criminal trial of one doctor begins while board considers fate of another - baltimoresun.com

Unnecessary stents: criminal trial of one doctor begins while board considers fate of another - baltimoresun.com: "While the Maryland Board of Physicians weighs professional charges against one cardiologist accused of placing heart stents into hundreds of patients who didn't need them, a federal jury in Baltimore is considering criminal charges against another.

The health care fraud trial of Dr. John R. McLean, who practiced at a hospital on the Eastern Shore before surrendering his medical privileges in 2007, opened Tuesday in Baltimore's U.S. District Court." Click the Link above to read more.