$13M Award for COVID Vax Refuser; Doc Sentenced for Threats to Blow Up Hospital

A federal jury awarded $13 million to a former employee of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan who said she was fired for refusing the COVID shot. (CBS Detroit)

Omar Marar, MD, who threatened to blow up a Michigan hospital, was sentenced to 6 months of probation. Marar reportedly was in an operating room when he became upset about malfunctioning equipment and threatened to get his bomb belt and blow everyone up. (ABC 12)

A man from Ireland confessed to murdering American nurse Mackenzie Michalski in Budapest, according to authorities. (CBS News)

Maine doctor Peter O’Donnell, MD, has been charged with sex trafficking after authorities said he was running a massage parlor as a front for prostitution. (WABI)

Florida physician Gwyn Crump, MD, was arrested for his alleged involvement in a hit-and-run that killed a man in a wheelchair. (WTSP)

Four women who are suing Idaho after they were denied abortions for lethal fetal anomalies told a judge they felt like “medical refugees” after having to leave their state to get medical care. (AP)

A Kentucky woman who wants an abortion sued the state to try to take down its near-total ban on the procedure. (The Hill)

A Florida ophthalmology practice will pay $1.3 million to resolve allegations that it received kickbacks for billing for unnecessary transcranial Doppler ultrasounds, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).

Colorado’s UCHealth will pay $23 million to resolve claims that it improperly upcoded on certain emergency department visits, the DOJ said.

New Jersey cardiologist Fazal Panezai, MD, was sentenced to almost 3 years in federal prison after admitting to billing almost $2 million for visits that never happened or didn’t take as long as he claimed. (Asbury Park Press)

Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson has sued HHS in an attempt to shake up the federal 340B drug discount program. (Wall Street Journal)

The DOJ has sued to block UnitedHealth Group’s $3.3 billion acquisition of home health company Amedisys. (Wall Street Journal)

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