Doc Faces 31 Lawsuits; Resident Accused of Hidden Cameras; Impostor Nurse Charged

— A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts

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An attorney for a patient allegedly held against his will by Brian Hyatt, MD, at Northwest Health in Arkansas, said Hyatt and the facility are claiming false imprisonment and other charges. (5 News)

Louisiana resident physician Andrew Matthews, MD, was arrested for allegedly at Ochsner Medical Center to record hospital staffers as they used the restroom. (nola.com)

Former Las Vegas nurse Ricardo Mederos pleaded guilty to . (8 News Now)

A Georgia family sued Southern Regional Medical Center and obstetrician Tracey St. Julian, MD, alleging the doctor used too much force and during delivery. (AP)

New York gastroenterologist Zhi Alan Cheng, MD, was charged with rape, sexual abuse, and assault, among other charges, for allegedly abusing women at his Queens home and at the hospital where he worked -- and . (New York Times)

A Michigan woman without any medical training was once again accused of . (Click On Detroit)

Oregon physician assistant Alvin Ashneel Prasad is facing involving a 19-year-old patient. (Oregon Live)

Maryland physician Ron Elfenbein, MD, was convicted for submitting over $15 million in false claims to Medicare and a commercial insurer for patients who received COVID tests at his testing sites, .

A patient sued two physician groups and an emergency doctor claiming they . The patient is seeking $2.4 million from the three defendants. (NewsLeader)

An ICU nurse in Iowa who's currently facing drug and child-porn charges reportedly . (Iowa Capital Dispatch)

A Wisconsin hospital with patients who accused it of sharing MyChart data with Facebook via Meta Pixel. (Becker's Health IT)

Northwell Health asked a judge to brought by NYU Langone Health alleging the health system used a similar shade of purple in its advertising campaign. (Becker's Health IT)

Several settlements involving the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, , were paused while doctors and the health system renegotiate a payment plan. (The Gazette)

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    Kristina Fiore leads MedPage’s enterprise & investigative reporting team. She’s been a medical journalist for more than a decade and her work has been recognized by Barlett & Steele, AHCJ, SABEW, and others. Send story tips to k.fiore@medpagetoday.com.