Doc Confesses to Killing Wife, Police Say; Nurse Reprimanded for Cursing at Toddler

Orlando-area physician Thomas Wentzell, MD, was arrested and confessed to killing his wife, according to local police. (WFTV9)

Twenty lawsuits were filed alleging sexual abuse of psychiatric patients at Four Winds hospitals in Lewisboro and Saratoga Springs, New York. (Rockland/Westchester Journal News)

Johanna Olson-Kennedy, MD, who has served as medical director of the Center for Transyouth Health and Development at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles for more than a decade, is facing a lawsuit from a former patient alleging negligent care. (The Economist)

A nurse in Rocky Mount, Virginia, was reprimanded by the state Department of Health Professions for allegedly cursing at a 2-year-old non-verbal patient; Hoffman is said to have referred to the language used with the patient as “terms of endearment.” (WDBJ7)

Basem Hamid, MD, a neurologist and pain medicine physician in Houston, has agreed to pay nearly $1 million to resolve allegations of submitting false claims for surgical implantation of neurostimulator electrodes, according to federal prosecutors.

Two arrests were made in the targeted killing of Hamid Mirshojae, DO, who was shot earlier this year outside the clinic where he practiced in Woodland Hills, California. (KTLA5)

Iowa nurse Becky Sue Manning, charged in the death of a nursing home resident, is facing up to 2 years in prison after entering an Alford plea of guilty. (Iowa Capital Dispatch)

A federal court in Indianapolis ordered Netflix to pay $385,000 to an Indiana woman after the streaming service revealed without her consent that she is the daughter of Donald Cline, MD, a former fertility doctor who secretly used his own sperm to inseminate patients. (FOX59)

A trio of hospitals run by Santa Clara County in California are alleged to have illegally discarded hazardous waste, including blood-filled vials, human flesh, and fentanyl, according to the local district attorney. (NBC Bay Area)

A Michigan woman was sentenced to prison for impersonating a healthcare professional and witness intimidation, according to the state’s attorney general.

Pineville Community Health Center in Bell County, Kentucky, filed a complaint against two members of its board, alleging they misappropriated at least $7 million of hospital funds. (WYMT)

HHS fined Children’s Hospital Colorado more than $500,000 for HIPAA violations stemming in part from email phishing schemes and cyberattacks.