Accused Doc: ‘People Are Liars’; Hospital Settles Over Leaked Nude Patient Photos

Texas cardiologist Kozhaya Sokhon, MD, fired back at claims that he inappropriately touched several patients, saying, “Honestly, people are liars, and they’re just trying to make money.” (Click2Houston)

Lehigh Valley Health Network in Pennsylvania will pay $65 million to settle claims that it failed to protect highly sensitive patient information, after hackers leaked nude patient photos. (Washington Post)

A plastic surgeon and a nurse in California were sentenced to prison for their roles in the 2018 death of a patient who was having breast augmentation at their clinic. (NBC San Diego)

Here’s how investigators figured out who killed Alaska surgeon Eric Garcia, MD. (ABC News)

Texas physician Kevin Shelton, MD, has parted ways with his lawyer after reportedly deciding that he didn’t want to take a plea bargain to which he’d previously agreed for allegedly distributing controlled substances. (D Magazine)

Texas transplant surgeon J. Steve Bynon, MD, who is being sued by families for allegedly changing information that altered their transplant eligibility, admitted that he took a “shortcut” to “ensure patients were safely transplanted.” (Houston Chronicle)

Four former employees of a Pennsylvania hospital have been accused of taking disturbing and sexual images of at least eight patients in their hospital rooms. (PIX 11)

Three doctors have been accused of participating in an opioid scheme in which they allegedly wrote prescriptions for fake patients in exchange for cash payments. (MLive)

Nurse practitioners in New York allege in a new lawsuit that they’ve been underpaid based on their gender. (Albany Times-Union)

Ten people were arrested outside of Hawaii’s only women and children’s hospital, as a labor dispute involving nurses escalated. The unionized nurses have been locked out of the hospital since they went on a 1-day strike earlier this month, and they have been demonstrating since then. (AP)

A Maryland man was sentenced to 21 months in prison for selling fraudulent nursing diplomas and transcripts, and fraudulently helping their buyers obtain nursing licenses, according to federal prosecutors.

Baltimore has accused Biogen of bribing pharmacy benefit managers to favor its branded multiple sclerosis drug dimethyl fumarate (Tecfidera) over cheaper generics. (STAT)

Health startup Particle Health has filed an antitrust lawsuit against electronic health records company Epic Systems, alleging it uses its control over patient data to stifle competition. (Axios)