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October 31, 2017

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Announcements

POSTPONED: Harvey Insurance Series: Windstorm Insurance Claims on Oct 31st.
NOTICE: If you registered for todayâ??s Hurricane Harvey webinar on Windstorm Insurance it has been postponed. Unfortunately, our speaker Craig Eiland has a last minute conflict related to a major case and will not be able to present today. A notice will be sent once this webinar is rescheduled. We apologize for any inconvenience. Also, next weekâ??s presentation on FEMA/Flood insurance will take place according to the previously announced schedule on Tuesday, November 7 at 12:00 PM CT. If you have not yet registered for that webinar, click on the headline to register.

TTLA Annual: What You Absolutely Positively Gotta Know About...
TTLA Annual CLE Seminar: Dec 7th & 8th at the Ã?ilan Hotel and Spa, San Antonio, TX. Earn up to 9.00 hours MCLE credit including 1.75 hour Ethics credit. Click on the headline to learn more and register.

Texas Tribune Daily Brief

The Brief for Oct 31
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CASSANDRA POLLOCK, Texas Tribune 10/31/2017 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Issues

4,000 Patients at JPS Alerted After Mammogram Issues
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Tarrant Countyâ??s John Peter Smith Hospital paid a $4,000 fine and was required to retrain doctors and X-ray techs after a random review revealed potential problems with thousands of mammogram images and employees misreading results. WFAA has learned more than 4,000 patients might be affected and could require re-screening. The American College of Radiology made the discovery at the JPS Medical Home Southeast Tarrant facility located at 1050 W. Arkansas Lane in Arlington. This is the only location where mammograms were in question. ACR sampled 30 cases at that facility performed between May 2, 2015 and May 2, 2017, and reported that 18 of them â??did not meet the ACRâ??s clinical image evaluation criteria and failed the AMR [Advanced Mammography Review] with deficiencies; some of which were severe,â?? according to the Texas Department of Health and Human Services. Despite voluntarily suspending its mammography services at the Arlington location on June 6, JPS did not alert the 4,000 patients until it mailed them a certified letter on September 1.
Jason Whitely, WFAA.com 10/31/2017 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Series: The Body Trade (Part 1-4)
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Read the series, The Body Trade: Cashing in on the dead.
REUTERS, Reuters 10/31/2017 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Laws/Cases

DOJ Settles $75M False Claims Suit with Chemed Corp, Vitas Healthcare Corp
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The U.S. Department of Justice stated on Monday that Chemed Corp and subsidiaries including Vitas Hospice Services LLC and Vitas Healthcare Corp have agreed to pay $75 million to bring an end to a federal lawsuit. The lawsuit alleged that Chemed and Vistas made false claims for hospice services to Medicare. According to the Justice Department, the lawsuit alleged that Chemed Corp and the other defendants were guilty of billing for ineligible patients and inflated levels of care. Vitas Hospice Services, one of the lawsuit's defendants, is the largest U.S. for-profit hospice chain.
Staff Report, Reuters 10/30/2017 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Oregon Woman Seeks $1.8M For Unnecessary Mastectomy, Hysterectomy
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A woman from Oregon has filed a lawsuit seeking $1.8 million over allegations that she underwent an unnecessary double mastectomy and hysterectomy due to doctor error. The lawsuit alleges that multiple medical professionals misread the plaintiff's test results, resulting in the mastectomy and hysterectomy. Because her mother and grandmother had cancer, the woman underwent genetic testing to check for the MLH1 gene mutation and Lynch syndrome, which indicate a heightened risk of cancer. The plaintiff alleges that doctors mistakenly told her she did have the gene mutation, which prompted them to perform the unnecessary mastectomy and hysterectomy.
Michael Hawthorne, Fox News 10/27/2017 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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