As the President works his groundbreaking legislation through Congress, opponents cry foul over medically-based lawsuits. Absent from that portion of the debate are the estimated $220 billion dollars per year in fraud perpetrated by the very folks who complain about so-called defensive medicine. Let's point our efforts in the right direction: Eliminating Fraud.
The George Washington University Medical Center Report on Health Insurance Fraud
The recent recall of thousands of vehicles by Toyota only reinforces the need for trial attorneys in the United States. The alleged need for "tort reform" has become a refrain in American political life. However, the reality is that product-liability litigation has become an ever more important means of keeping consumers safe. This is just one more example of how lethal defects have gone undetected and uncorrected for so long due in large part to insufficient government oversight. You can read more on this story online here.
President Obama on Monday laid out for the first time a detailed legislative proposal for overhauling health care, largely sticking with the approach passed by the Senate with unified Democratic support in December but making concessions to the House version as well.
Mr. Obama's proposal is the opening act to a week of high drama around health care that will culminate on Thursday, when the president convenes Democrats and Republicans at an all-day televised health care "summit" at Blair House. The White House is hoping the session can jump start the stalled health bill.
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Nursing home care is proving to be a growing priority. After being faced with alarming delays in investigating nursing home complaints, the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services avows to speed up scrutiny to ensure safety and avoid resident harm. Read more on this story online here.
Anne Mitchell, a nurse at Winkler Memorial Hospital in Kermit, Texas, was found not guilty of harassment after she wrote a letter to the Texas Medical Board reporting that a doctor she worked for provided sub-par treatment. If found guilty, Mitchell could have faced 10 years in prison.
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A Delton, Florida man died last month due to horrendous care provided by the University Center West nursing home. Anthony Digiannurio, 82, was transported in November from University Center West to Florida Hospital DeLand where staff members found maggots in one of his eyes, an infected breathing tube, a partially inserted catheter and bed sores. You can read more on this story online here.
Nursing Personnel Home Care, a New York City home health agency, has agreed to pay $24 million in response to allegations that they submitted false claims to the New York Medicaid and Medicare programs, according to the United States Department of Justice. The claims state that Nursing Personnel Home Care knowingly supplied aides with phony training certificates to Extended Home Care and Excellent Home Care, which then billed New York Medicaid for the aides’ services.
The government also alleged that Extended Home Care and Excellent Home Care knowingly billed for aides with phony certificates who were untrained and that Extended and Excellent knowingly submitted claims to the Medicare program for home health aide services purportedly rendered by aides supplied by Nursing Personnel that were not actually provided.
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