$15M settlement reached after doctors allegedly left heart surgeries to perform other operations
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Published 2024-06-25
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All Comments (21)
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YHANK YOU to the whistleblower!! Those surgeons should be in jail!
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These crooked surgeons need to lose their licenses, get locked up, and sued. This shouldn't be swept under the rug and should not have been settled behind the scenes. These doctors are always going against their oath to do no harm for the sake of their own greed, and need to be held accountable when they get caught because it's the rest of us who suffer under their negligence and malpractices.
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Why do those doctors still have their license?????
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So they made $150 million and got fined $15 million. I guess it was worth it then. I’m sure they would do it again. It’s makes a lot of profit for them.
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They don’t give two nickels about patients it’s all about the dollar
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If the US government was indeed serious about fighting fraud and abuse in the system... then these surgeons, as well as all of the medical execs involved... should have their licenses revoked and face criminal charges!!!
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Do not settle, charge and jail them and fine the crap out the hospital.
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Being able to pay out without admitting guilt should be illegal for companies.
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Baylor St. Luke’s Hospital. Stay away from this place.
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Only 15 million,shows how much they earn being worthless
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The structure of the system is the problem. The institutions need to be fined the 150 million dollars they made as well as taking the licenses of those particular doctors.
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The heart doctors working on patients' hearts who are heartless. Same goes to the hospital who allowed this to happen. Thank you whistle blower.
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Good thing the whistle blower didn't work for Boeing
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Terrible. I wouldn't trust this hospital and i would investigate any deaths during that time frame. The whistle blower deserves that settlement for exposing such dangerous practices. Especially dangers of those extents.
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This has been happening for years across the US. I remember when I was a surg tech and other surgeons would peek their heads in our OR and claim it as assisting...
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👏👏👏expose it all. All over America this needs to take place just like coding for billing of services. It happens and patients suffer.
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OMG, I wondered how many patients who suffered fatality because of these negligence.
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My issue with this story is that it took YEARS to develop the case. That means, during that time patients lives were at risk. I hope those families were compensated as well!
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Not surprised - the residents do all the work, the attendings just submit the billing codes
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As a former surgical assistant this happens a lot😢
