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Board Denies Doc a License for Third Time; Doc Sentenced to 10 Years; Nurse Gets 17

— A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts

by Kristina Fiore, Director of Enterprise & Investigative Reporting, MedPage Today

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For the , the Iowa Board of Medicine has refused to issue a license to Brett Snodgrass, MD. The initial denial in 2021 was based on questions related to his moral character. (Iowa Capital Dispatch)

Texas doctor Daniel Ramiro Canchola, MD, was sentenced to just over 10 years in prison and ordered to pay more than $34 million in restitution for his involvement in a scheme writing fraudulent prescriptions for durable medical equipment and cancer genomic testing, according to a .

Former Ohio nurse Ryan Ramos was sentenced to for possessing child sexual abuse material. He had worked in the ICU burn trauma unit of a children's hospital. (WBNS)

An Aetna employee was sentenced to after filing fraudulent claims and taking in more than $162,000 for false hospitalizations, accidents, and a fabricated cancer diagnosis. (Becker's Payer Issues)

A radiology group will pay $5.25 million to settle allegations that it bribed doctors with meals, tickets to sporting events, and other gifts in order to induce referrals, .

Colorado neurosurgeon Brent Kimball, MD, and two of his business associates will pay $2 million to settle claims that they paid kickbacks to surgeons to use their company's neuromonitoring services, .

New York physician Vishnudat Seodat, MD, has been charged with allegedly receiving kickbacks for ordering medically unnecessary brain scans, .

A podiatrist and a patient recruiter were sentenced to 45 and 60 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in a compounded pain and scar cream scam, .

Boston cancer researcher Ann Marie Egloff, PhD, is accused of into handing over a New York City apartment. (New York Post)

The HHS Office for Civil Rights a $1.19 million civil monetary penalty against Gulf Coast Pain Consultants in Florida for HIPAA violations after a former contractor unlawfully accessed its electronic record system.

The Federal Trade Commission said it is to consumers who were deceived by "next day shipping" claims on personal protective equipment desperately needed during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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    Kristina Fiore leads MedPage’s enterprise & investigative reporting team. She’s been a medical journalist for more than a decade and her work has been recognized by Barlett & Steele, AHCJ, SABEW, and others. Send story tips to k.fiore@medpagetoday.com.