January 31, 201412 yr I know they'll be awarded a lot of money. I just don't believe that they will do be able to actually recover much. I'm sure that he wasn't insured.
January 31, 201412 yr Author I know they'll be awarded a lot of money. I just don't believe that they will do be able to actually recover much. I'm sure that he wasn't insured. He is insured as are all the hospitals.
February 3, 201412 yr What is the liklihood that this bastard is found and locked up. What is it with these foreign doctors and fraud? A few yrs back there was an Dr from India running pill mills out of a Bellevue and Falmouth office. He was writing 40 scrpts a day and making the customers pay like $100 cash just to be seen.
March 27, 201412 yr Was he insured? Heard again today that Dr. Durrani's insurance carrier is denying coverage.
March 27, 201412 yr Author Heard again today that Dr. Durrani's insurance carrier is denying coverage. Of course they are, it is their only hope.
August 11, 201412 yr Author "We have a witness that will testify that West Chester and UC Health knew about (Durrani's) problems but they needed the money," Deters said. Two hospital employees – a registered nurse and a worker who kept financial and billing records – complained to superiors about Durrani, according to a deposition filed for this trial. That deposition, by a medical expert, Dr. Keith Wilkey, says superiors even stopped returning calls about Durrani from one of the complaining workers. Wilkey said their complaints were "buried by the hospital for financial concerns." Durrani brought in $7.125 million in Medicare Part A reimbursements for West Chester Hospital and UC Health during a 36-month period he performed surgeries there between 2010 and 2013, according to the U.S. Attorney's complaint. "He does more spine surgeries than everybody in the state of Ohio – a thousand a year – and they needed the money. They decided that money was more important than patient health," Deters said in July. Wilkey said West Chester Hospital and UC Health should have supervised Durrani and did not properly vett him after he was kicked out of other area hospitals. "You were negligent. You did not use your abilities to adequately police this doctor. There's red flags all over his op reports and all his behaviors, all the things that he does. He should have been flagged and suspended, and you didn't," Wilkey said in his deposition. Wilkey said West Chester staff knew Durrani was fired from Children's Hospital before coming to West Chester. Dr. Atiq Durrani: New trial begins with West Chester Hospital, UC Health as co-defendants - Story
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