podiatry

Podiatrist investigated for potential fraud and improper billing (Wisconsin)

Michael Quinn
February 28, 2009 03:03

A Wisconsin state review committee recommended Tuesday that  Wisconsin podiatrist, John Lanham, DPM,  be investigated for potential fraud and for possibly violating a state order meant to regulate his billing practices and other professional behavior. The Public Investigator...

$750,000 Verdict - Failure To Obtain Informed Consent For Foot Surgery (NY)

Michael Quinn
October 17, 2008 12:57

A damages-only case in New York involved the plaintiff's right to decide whether or not to receive additional medical treatment/surgical procedures to the feet, which established the podiatrists' duty to inform the patient (informed consent). The plaintiff maintained that the two defendant...

Podiatry Settlement: Failure To Timely Diagnose Charcot's Joints in Diabetic Patient (NJ)

Michael Quinn
September 13, 2008 23:29

The plaintiff in her late 50s, a diabetic with peripheral neuropathy, contended that clinical signs including deformations in the bone, the collapse of the arch, an increase in pain and swelling and redness, should have led to a timely diagnosis of Charcot's joints, a degenerative condition that...

New Jersey Podiatrist admits involvment in fake Medicare Claims scheme (N.J.)

Michael Quinn
August 09, 2008 13:53

Authorities said that  podiatrist Michael Schmierer, D.PM. from Holmdel  ran clinics in Middlesex and Union counties in New Jersey has admitted to obstructing a federal health-care audit. Dr. Michael Schmierer is a partner in Advantage Foot and Ankle...

$3.5 Million Dollar Verdict- CRPS and Partial Foot Amputation (VA)

Michael Quinn
June 03, 2008 20:35

A jury in Virginia has entered a $3.5 million verdict in favor of Donita Franklin who sued her foot doctor, podiatrist, Dr. Jennifer Feeny,  over a 2003 surgery that she says caused incurable chronic pain  (crps) and led to the amputation of the front of her right foot. The pain...