Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center in Houston and two other Texas medical institutions have agreed to pay a $15 million settlement following a federal investigation into their surgical practices. The investigation was prompted by a whistleblower's complaint alleging that three heart surgeons at Baylor St. Luke's frequently left operating rooms during complex heart surgeries, leaving critical parts of the procedures to be performed by unqualified medical residents. The complaint also claimed that the surgeons were running two operating rooms simultaneously, violating Medicare regulations and involving concurrent billing claims for critical surgeries. The Justice Department announced that the settlement is a record amount for such cases. Despite the allegations, one of the surgeons continues to treat patients in a leadership role at Baylor St. Luke's.
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Three surgeons at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center in Houston are accused of regularly leaving operating rooms during complicated and risky heart surgeries and leaving patients in the hands of unqualified medical residents https://t.co/dUadkBJGSJ
After whistleblower allegations, Baylor surgeon continues to treat patients in leadership role https://t.co/Gt9994f3KT
A whistleblower claimed Texas medical centers conducted simultaneous, overlapping surgeries and let unqualified residents participate. https://t.co/gt4f56rRob
$15M settlement reached after 'simultaneous overlapping surgeries' reported at Texas medical centers: Feds https://t.co/aQyTUvPfRZ
Three Texas medical institutions agreed to pay $15M in a settlement over claims they lied about performing heart surgeries within Medicare regulations, federal prosecutors announced Monday. https://t.co/rBrqhzUzi5
Surgeons left heart surgeries to perform other operations in Texas, officials say https://t.co/cQmh3cvcIt
$15M settlement reached after doctors allegedly left heart surgeries to perform other operations https://t.co/iFYVPR17b6
Texas Medical Center institutions agreed to pay the multimillion-dollar settlement after three heart surgeons were accused of leaving in the middle of open heart surgeries to perform other operations. https://t.co/bcHfMrGcgc https://t.co/bcHfMrGcgc
A whistleblower's complaint led to a federal investigation of surgeons at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center and a record $15 million settlement. https://t.co/DxCsJn9o8W
Texas medical center institutions agree to pay $15M record settlement involving concurrent billing claims for critical surgeries https://t.co/a5GBOfCJEu
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A whistleblower's complaint led to a federal investigation of surgeons at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center and a $15 million settlement. The complaint alleges 3 surgeons would run two ORs at once, leaving key parts of heart surgeries to medical residents. https://t.co/DxCsJn9o8W
Baylor doctors allegedly relied on unqualified residents for risky heart surgeries at St. Luke's https://t.co/lPZCJ5IUpt