Medical Misconduct Tracker

Ectopic pregnancy deaths have nearly doubled to almost 200 from 2020-2025, with a steeper climb in states that banned abortion after Roe, amid...

• Accountability advance: Arrest at Atlanta airport on third- and fourth-degree CSC charges directly addresses alleged assaults during MSU patient...

A 100-month prison term for Brian Bowen directly confronts repeated sexual abuse of 13 women during podiatric treatment and recovery, holding the doctor accountable for exploiting his position of trust with vulnerable patients.

Hero DVO, LLC, a vision services provider for underserved children, will pay Colorado $8 million to resolve claims it billed Medicaid for 123,990...

Dr. Christopher J. Davis's death ended the criminal case against him for sexually abusing addiction patients, with charges withdrawn under nolle...

A former physician at the VA Medical Center in Bedford pleaded guilty to receipt and possession of child sexual abuse material, establishing federal...

When an 84-year-old man's nursing-home death was first ruled a homicide but later changed to undetermined after his body had to be exhumed, his family...

Despite nine patients alleging unnecessary sexual violations through repeated breast exams, including one receiving roughly 50 over six years, Dr....

A class action lawsuit against WVU Hospitals highlights their duty to protect employees from privacy invasions in staff bathrooms, seeking damages for...

The DOJ's $11 million settlement holds federal healthcare providers accountable for failing to respond to hours of fetal distress during a 2021...

A proposed class action by employee “P.J.P.” against WVU Hospitals alleges hidden cameras in staff bathrooms, potentially exposing institutional...

A proposed class-action lawsuit accuses West Virginia University Hospitals and United Health System of failing to protect staff from alleged covert...

A single alleged launderer moved massive fraud proceeds through basic banking channels in just five months.

• ND Medical Solutions submitted $1.3...

Psychiatry sees far fewer suits than most specialties, with just 0.5% of psychiatrists sued yearly, yet medication monitoring failures and...

AI scribes promise reduced burnout but introduce hard-to-detect documentation errors that leave clinicians liable for malpractice.

• Quality...

A San Diego jury awarded $105 million to a substance abuse counselor fired after reporting sexual harassment, a hidden bathroom camera, and...

Heuser Health agreed to pay $2.6 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations of overbilling Medicare and TRICARE for high-cost skin substitutes in...

Maryland alleges Optum's defective system caused improper Medicaid denials, overpayments, and fraud losses.

• Costly failures: Crashed immediately,...

Iowa Board of Nursing cases show varied misconduct met with warnings and training rather than strict penalties.

• Patient care failure: Danette Weiler...

A judge rejected a Wilbraham nursing home's bid to narrow or reclassify a negligence suit as medical malpractice after resident Thomas Frazier, 83,...