by Associated Press Published: June 14,2013
Tags: appeal, court, crime, doctor, frand, health, health benefits, health care, insurance, judicial, judiciary, law, legal, medical, medicine, physician
JACKSON — A Mississippi doctor convicted of orchestrating a $6.9-million Medicaid and Medicare fraud scheme will have her appeal heard in July by federal judges in New Orleans. Oral arguments in the appeal by Dr. Cassandra Faye Thomas will be heard July 10 by a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 10,2013
Tags: abortion, abortion clinic, baby, case, conference, doctor, health, health care, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, medical, medicine, physician, public health, trial
JACKSON — A federal judge has set an Aug. 15 status conference in a lawsuit in which Mississippi’s only abortion clinic is fighting to remain open. The suit, filed last summer, challenges a 2012 state law that requires each OB-GYN who does abortions at the clinic to have admitting privileges at a local hospital. U.S. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 3,2013
Tags: court, diet pill, doctor, drug, federal agency, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legal, medical, medical license, medicine, physician, prescription
COLUMBUS — Dr. Michael A. White wants return of authority to prescribe controlled drugs to his patients. Through his attorney, the 62-year-old White filed a complaint in April against the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. A federal court set July 9 for a response. In his complaint, White notes that he voluntarily turned in his DEA [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 21,2013
Tags: attempted murder, attorney, bench, court, crime, divorce, doctor, judge, law, lawyer, legal, mental examination, mental health, murder-for-hire, oncologist, physician
GREENWOOD — A trial in the murder-for-hire case against a Greenwood oncologist has been postponed indefinitely. Circuit Judge Breland Hilburn issued the order this past week because the court is waiting on Dr. Arnold Smith’s evaluation at a state mental facility. The case was to have gone to trial yesterday in Leflore County Circuit Court. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 15,2013
Tags: abortion, baby, doctor, health, health care, medical, medicine, physician, pregnancy, pregnant, pro-choice, pro-life, public health, unwanted pregnancy
JACKSON— Mississippi’s only abortion clinic can’t meet the mandates of a 2012 state law, and the governor wants to shut it down. But the Jackson Women’s Health Organization is not quietly retreating. The law requires that the clinic’s doctors have local hospital admitting privileges. They can be hard to obtain, and some hospitals won’t give [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 12,2013
Tags: attorney, bench, bond, case, court, doctor, homicide, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawyer, medical, medicine, mental health, murder, murder-for-hire, physician, shoot, shooter, shooting, trial
GREENWOOD — Bond has again been denied for Dr. Arnold Smith but a judge says he may reconsider after the doctor undergoes a mental examination. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports prosecutors told Judge Breland Hilburn that a bed is open for Smith at the State Hospital in Whitfield. They have not said when he might be [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 6,2013
Tags: appeal, bench, breach of contract, case, contract, court, doctor, health, health care, hearing, hospital, judicial, judiciary, justice, lawsuit, medical, medicine, physician, ruling
JACKSON — The Mississippi Supreme Court will hear oral arguments June 5 in a Jackson hospital’s appeal of a $2.27 million judgment for a doctor in a breach of contract lawsuit. Dr. Adolfo Morales, an ophthalmologist, had alleged Central Mississippi Medical Center breached a physician recruitment contract in 2004, which would have allowed him to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 30,2013
Tags: accident, crash, doctor, doctor's office, health, health care, injury, medical, medicine, physician, vehicle
OCEAN SPRINGS — Four people were taken to the hospital after the driver of an SUV drove through a doctor’s office in Ocean Springs. Office administrator Donna Heitzman tells The Sun Herald at about 9:30 a.m. yesterday a man drove his Jeep Cherokee through the wall of Ocean Springs Internal Medicine. Heitzman says four people, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 19,2013
Tags: baby, doctor, educator, health, health care, higher education, HIV, influential people, magazine, media, medical, medicine, pediatrician, pediatrics, physician, postsecondary education, public university, ranking, sexually trasmitted disease, university
JACKSON — Time magazine has named HIV specialist Dr. Hannah Gay, an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, to its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. In caring for a newborn infected with HIV in 2010, Gay followed an atypical treatment regimen and functionally cured [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 4,2013
Tags: attempted murder, attorney, county, court, divorce, health care, judge, justice, law, lawyer, legal, medical, medicine, murder-for-hire, oncologist, oncology, physician, sting
GREENWOOD — A judge has dismissed a charge of capital murder against Greenwood Dr. Arnold Smith, who is charged in arranging an attack on a local attorney. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports Circuit Judge Breland Hilburn decided that prosecutors’ indictment of Smith does not support a capital murder charge. Hilburn ruled prosecutors can pursue the lesser [...] [...]
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