A Missouri nurse whose anesthesiologist husband had admitted to assaulting a woman was found dead in her home in June. Her husband, Andrew Hummel, MD, has not been accused in her death. (Fox News)
Samuel Lee, MD, of Florida, is facing manslaughter charges after a woman was found dead following a “heart protocol” ceremony he administered, which involved ketamine, midomafetamine, and dimethyltryptamine. (NBC Miami)
New York pediatric nurse practitioner Julie DeVuono, NP, will have to pay $544,000 after she was found to have falsified vaccination records for 162 school-aged kids. (People)
West Virginia anesthesiologist Lance Parks, DO, was arrested after two hidden cameras were found in staff bathrooms at a local hospital. Charges include a felony count of distributing child pornography. (WBOY)
Authorities are searching for a California emergency department nurse who went missing almost 10 days ago. (KLTV)
A woman in Tennessee is facing charges for allegedly stealing about $3,000 from the physician’s office where she worked. (WVLT)
New York’s attorney general announced the arrest of someone who impersonated a doctor and treated patients without a medical license.
A Texas nurse practitioner who surrendered his license last year was arrested on charges of sexual assault. (KFox14)
Public health groups, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and others sued the FDA over a new agency policy allowing some manufacturers to sell vaping and nicotine products without marketing authorization. (Reuters via AOL)
Federal prosecutors in New Jersey announced six people were charged for their roles in a $20 million scheme in which a doctor and other healthcare professionals issued unnecessary prescriptions to a pharmacist in exchange for cash kickbacks.
A medical device company will pay just over $550,000 to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims to Medicare for unnecessary pneumatic compression devices, federal prosecutors said.
A second Texas hospital is under investigation for alleged birth tourism practices, where pregnant women give birth in the U.S. so children receive citizenship. (KRGV)
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