by Associated Press Published: May 23,2012
Tags: bench, Cancer, chemotherapy, clinics, courts, doctors, health, health care, health care fraud, judges, judicial, judiciary, law, medical, medicine, physicians
SUMMIT — An ex-office manager has pleaded guilty in what prosecutors say was a multi-million-dollar health care fraud in which a cancer clinic gave patients diluted chemotherapy drugs and used old syringes on multiple people. Dr. Meera Sachdeva, Brittany McCoskey and Monica Weeks were indicted last August on charges including conspiracy and witness tampering related [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 21,2012
Tags: Cancer, death, died, elected officials, lawmakers, legislative, legislators, Legislature, obituary, Politicians, Politics, public officials, state government
PICAYUNE — Former state Sen. Ezell Lee of Picayune died today after battling cancer, according to a Senate staff member who had spoken with his family. Lee was 74. He served in the Mississippi House from 1988 to 1992, then in the state Senate from 1992 until January 2012. Lee served most of his career [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 2,2012
Tags: Cancer, cancer center, chemotherapy, clinic, doctors, federal agency, fraud, health, health care, medical, medicine, onccologist, oncology, physicians, trial
SUMMIT — A trial that had been scheduled to begin today has been delayed for a former cancer clinic owner and two others charged with participating in a multi-million-dollar fraud that allegedly involved diluting chemotherapy drugs and using old syringes on multiple patients. Dr. Meera Sachdeva, Brittany McCoskey and Monica Weeks are charged with offenses [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 5,2012
Tags: Cancer, chemotherapy, clinics, courts, doctors, fraud, health, health care, infections, judges, judicial, judiciary, medical, medicine, physicians
SUMMIT — Mississippi health officials say none of the nearly 300 cancer patients they tested from a defunct clinic have contracted viral blood infections such as HIV because of care at the facility, which is suspected of diluting chemotherapy drugs and using old needles. The Mississippi Health Department closed Rose Cancer Center in Summit in [...] [...]
Despite a wave of evidence that too much sitting on the job triggers life-shortening illnesses, most companies and safety regulators are in no hurry to change employees’ sedentary working conditions. Among the entities reporting a connection between sitting and cancer, heart disease and other serious health problems are the American Cancer Society, the American Institute [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 25,2012
Tags: Cancer, clinics, courts, doctors, fraud, health, healthcare, hospitals, law, medicine, oncologists, physicians
SUMMIT — A federal judge has granted a request to delay the trial of a doctor and two employees charged in a scheme to dilute cancer drugs and use old syringes on multiple patients. Dr. Meera Sachdeva, Brittany McCoskey and Monica Weeks had been scheduled for trial Feb. 7. U.S. District Judge Dan Jordan signed [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 9,2012
Tags: Cancer, cancer treatment, chemotherapy, clinic, courts, doctors, health, healthcare, medicine, oncologists, physicians
SUMMIT — A defense lawyer wants a federal judge to give him more time to prepare for trial in the case of a cancer clinic accused of using old syringes and watered-down chemotherapy drugs. Attorney George Lucas asked for the delay because he expects prosecutors to hand over thousands more pages of information he must [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 19,2011
Tags: Cancer, cancer treatment, clinics, courts, doctors, health, healthcare, HIV, immunity, lawsuit
SUMMIT — A cancer clinic doctor in south Mississippi who was already facing federal criminal charges for allegedly using old syringes and watered-down chemotherapy drugs is now facing a civil lawsuit that claims a patient contracted HIV from a dirty needle. Dr. Meera Sachdeva, founder of Rose Cancer Center in Summit, has been held without [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 26,2011
Tags: appeal, bond, Cancer, cancer treatment, chemotherpy, courts, doctors, health, health benefits, health insurance, healthcare, insurance, insurance fraud, lawsuit, Medicaid, Medicare, medicine, physicians
SUMMIT — A federal appeals panel has upheld the denial of bond for a doctor charged in a chemotherapy fraud case that authorities say swindled millions from Medicaid and Medicare. Dr. Meera Sachdeva, founder of Rose Cancer Center in Summit, and two others are charged with numerous federal crimes for allegedly participating in a scheme [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 5,2011
Tags: Cancer, cancer treatment, chemotherapy, clinics, doctors, health benefits, healthcar, healthcare insurance, insurance fraud, medicine, physicians
SUMMIT — A federal judge has set a Feb. 7 trial date for a doctor and two others charged in a massive chemotherapy fraud case that authorities say swindled millions from Medicaid and Medicare. Dr. Meera Sachdeva, founder of Rose Cancer Center in Summit, and two others are charged with numerous federal crimes for allegedly [...] [...]
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