Medical Malpractice

A new study indicates that medical errors kill about 250-thousand people a year. The study, by surgeon and Johns Hopkins University professor Martin Makary, reveals that medical error may be the third leading cause of death in the United States, behind heart disease...

Contaminated endoscopes are suspected of causing a deadly outbreak of the superbug CRE (carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae) at UCLA hospital in California, where at least 7 patients have been infected and 2 have died.Several other hospitals around the country...

By Attorney Antonio Ponvert III We are currently investigating the scope and extent of the sexual assaults that have been occurring at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridegport for at least the last 15 months. We represent two victims thus far, and are meeting with...

Jeff Rossen, in his Today Show segment The Rossen Reports, reported that a recent government study shows that at least 100,000 doctors (or 1 in 10 doctors currently working) are addicted to drugs and/or alcohol. And according the non-profit group Consume Watchdog, 18...

Griffin Hospital officials announced on Friday that more than 3,000 hospitalized patients may have been exposed to a blood-borne disease due to misuse of insulin injection devices. Patients who received treatment via these devices, known as FlexPens, from September,...

The source listed at the end of this post provides another example of medical billing abuse by health care providers, medical billing services, and health insurance companies. Under Connecticut law, it is illegal for any "health care provider to request payment" from...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that 105 cases of fungal meningitis, in nine states across the US, have been linked to an outbreak resulting from contaminated steroid medication. To date, eight deaths have been associated with the...

The Joint Commission which is an organization that evaluates hospitals has issued its second annual report of hospital performance. Connecticut is one of only three states nationally without a single hospital designated as a "Top Performer." The other two states are...

The New York Times is reporting that electronic records have created opportunities for doctors to bill for phantom exams on patients, putting them at...