BILLINGS, Mont.—A health clinic in a Montana town plagued by deadly asbestos contamination must pay the government almost $6 million in penalties and damages after it submitted hundreds of false asbestos claims, a judge ruled. The 337 false claims made patients eligible for Medicare and other benefits they shouldn’t have received. The federally funded clinic…
Judge Orders Montana Health Clinic to Pay Nearly $6 Million Over False Asbestos Claims
Information Watchdog Orders Transgender Clinic to Release Mermaids Emails
The NHS Tavistock gender clinic could face court action after the UK’s information regulator ordered it to reveal its relationship with the scandal-hit charity Mermaids. In March, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) responded a Freedom of Information (FOI) request that asked for communications between the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust and the CEO of Mermaids…
Shooting at Pennsylvania Medical Clinic Leaves Two Wounded, Suspect Dead
A gunman wounded two people, including a woman with whom he had a “relationship,” in the parking lot of a Pennsylvania medical clinic on Thursday before killing himself, local police said. The suspect came to the medical office in the town of Wyomissing to confront the woman, shooting her in either the neck or face,…
British Doctor That Ran Online Transgender Clinic Placed Children at ‘Unwarranted Risk of Harm’: Tribunal
A doctor’s actions amounted to “serious misconduct” as she did not discuss risks to fertility at a consultation before prescribing puberty blockers to an 11-year-old, a medical tribunal has found. The tribunal inquired into allegations that Dr. Helen Webberley, founder of Gender GP, was accused of failing to provide good clinical care in 2016 to three…
Texas Man Accused of Fatally Shooting 2 Dentists at Clinic
TYLER, Texas—A Texas man was arrested on a capital murder charge after fatally shooting two dentists at a clinic, authorities said. Steven Alexander Smith, 40, is accused of shooting the two people Wednesday afternoon at Affordable Dentures in Tyler, about 90 miles southeast of Dallas. The Smith County Sheriff’s Office said Smith “became angry at…
Police Report: Gunman Had Made Prior Threats Against Clinic
BUFFALO, Minn.—A man who opened fire at a Minnesota health clinic, killing one staff member and wounding four others, previously threatened to carry out a mass shooting at the facility, according to a police report. Gregory Paul Ulrich, 67, was arrested in Tuesday’s attack at an Allina clinic in Buffalo, a community of about 15,000…
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