Board Denies Doc a License for Third Time; Doc Sentenced to 10 Years; Nurse Gets 17

For the third time, the Iowa Board of Medicine has refused to issue a license to Brett Snodgrass, MD. The initial denial in 2021 was based on questions related to his moral character. (Iowa Capital Dispatch)

Texas doctor Daniel Ramiro Canchola, MD, was sentenced to just over 10 years in prison and ordered to pay more than $34 million in restitution for his involvement in a scheme writing fraudulent prescriptions for durable medical equipment and cancer genomic testing, according to a press release from the Texas Attorney General.

Former Ohio nurse Ryan Ramos was sentenced to 17 years in prison for possessing child sexual abuse material. He had worked in the ICU burn trauma unit of a children’s hospital. (WBNS)

An Aetna employee was sentenced to 5 years in prison after filing fraudulent claims and taking in more than $162,000 for false hospitalizations, accidents, and a fabricated cancer diagnosis. (Becker’s Payer Issues)

A radiology group will pay $5.25 million to settle allegations that it bribed doctors with meals, tickets to sporting events, and other gifts in order to induce referrals, according to federal prosecutors.

Colorado neurosurgeon Brent Kimball, MD, and two of his business associates will pay $2 million to settle claims that they paid kickbacks to surgeons to use their company’s neuromonitoring services, federal prosecutors announced.

New York physician Vishnudat Seodat, MD, has been charged with allegedly receiving kickbacks for ordering medically unnecessary brain scans, federal prosecutors said.

A podiatrist and a patient recruiter were sentenced to 45 and 60 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in a compounded pain and scar cream scam, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Boston cancer researcher Ann Marie Egloff, PhD, is accused of duping a relative with dementia into handing over a New York City apartment. (New York Post)

The HHS Office for Civil Rights announced a $1.19 million civil monetary penalty against Gulf Coast Pain Consultants in Florida for HIPAA violations after a former contractor unlawfully accessed its electronic record system.

The Federal Trade Commission said it is sending checks to consumers who were deceived by “next day shipping” claims on personal protective equipment desperately needed during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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