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A few days ago, New York media was filled with surprise that U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and his friend, Dr. Salomon Melgen, will be retried on corruption charges. More eyebrows were raised later when a judge granted a request to acquit the pair on several charges they...
Two very different portraits were painted recently of Dr. Salomon Melgen, the Harvard-trained ophthalmologist. At his sentencing hearing, Melgen was painted by prosecutors as a greedy doctor willing to subject his patients to painful treatments that were medically...
He stood before the court in his prison overalls and shackles. Humbled by his Medicare fraud conviction, Dr. Salomon Melgen conceded at his sentencing hearing that he had made mistakes in his personal life and asked the judge for mercy.As regular readers of our Austin...
Late last month, the Texas Medical Board met and disciplined 38 doctors. The disciplinary actions included nine orders involving allegations of unprofessional conduct, six involving quality of care violations, one revocation of a license, three restrictions of...
About an hour south of New York City, a pediatric surgeon is facing some of the most serious accusations a doctor can encounter. The 71-year-old New Jersey surgeon is accused of improperly touching a teenage patient, according to news reports.The doctor has had to...
Health care experts have been saying it for years, but new research confirms it: the vast majority of medical bills contain errors. In fact, researchers at a health care advocacy group say that the mistake-rate might be as high as 80 percent.The potential problems...
It takes just about an hour to drive from New York City north to Valhalla. The city is home to historic New York Medical College. Founded more than a century and a half ago, the school has provided education and training for thousands of doctors.One of its alumni is a...
If you go to your doctor and get a diagnosis that is for any reason difficult to accept, what is the first thing you do? For most, that first thing is to get a second opinion from another doctor. So it is understood that even the very best physicians often disagree...
A high-profile criminal trial is under way involving an eye doctor who is accused of operating a $108 million Medicare fraud scam involving senior citizens and minorities.At the opening of the trial, prosecutors for the federal government said that the Harvard- and...
It is a relatively short drive north from New York City to Yonkers. The Westchester County city is home to a neurologist who federal prosecutors allege is part of a $57 million insurance scam that targeted Medicare and Medicaid.The 47-year-old doctor faces a long list...