Doctor Mark Midei Heart Stent Lawsuits

Q: Have any Dr. Mark Midei Heart Stent Lawsuits Settled Yet?

They have not settled as of May 29, 2011.  Currently our cases have been transferred to the Circuit Court of Maryland for Baltimore County.  We are awaiting a trial date and hope to have the St. Joseph Medical Center and Dr. Mark Midei Stent Lawsuits settled or resolved with a verdict in the near future.

If you received a stent from St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, Maryland or Dr. Mark Midei, contact our office at 410-288-2900 and we can review your stent procedure for free.  No fee if no recovery.  All information is confidential and we will send you the stent review packet in the mail to complete.

St. Joseph Stent Lawyers
101 E. Chesapeake Avenue, Suite 200
Towson, Maryland 21286
Office: 410-288-2900
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www.StJosephStents.com

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»The Catholic Review Online | Catholic newspaper, Archdiocese of Baltimore, world and national Archdiocese news, CNS

»The Catholic Review Online | Catholic newspaper, Archdiocese of Baltimore, world and national Archdiocese news, CNS:

St. Joseph Medical Center’s CEO looks to the future
Jeff Norman (Courtesy St. Joseph Medical Center) By George P. Matysek Jr.

TOWSON – Late last year, St. Joseph Medical Center agreed to pay the U.S. government $22 million to settle allegations it was involved in a kickback scheme with MidAtlantic Cardiovascular Associates (MACVA). Dr. Mark Midei, a one-time MACVA partner who later worked for St. Joseph, was accused of performing medically unnecessary stent procedures.

In the wake of the federal settlement, Jeff Norman, St. Joseph’s new president/CEO, has overseen an extensive overhaul of some of the hospital’s policies.

Norman recently spoke with The Catholic Review about the changes and what comes" Click the link above to read the complete article.

If you received a heart stent from St. Joseph Medical Center and Dr. Mark Midei, contact my office for a free review of your cardiac catheterization and stent procedure. You may be entitled to a monetary award for the unneeded heart stent.

Law Offices of G. Randolph Rice, Jr., LLC

Main Offices:
6914 Holabird Avenue, Suite A

Baltimore, Maryland 21222-1747

Towson Office:

101 E. Chesapeake Avenue

Towson, Maryland 21286

Phone: 410-288-2900

Facsimile: 410-288-2988

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Heart Stent Lawsuit in Baltimore Maryland

Have you been affected by a St. Joseph Medical Center, Union Memorial Hospital, or Washington Adventist Hospital stent?

You need to call the Law Offices of G. Randolph Rice, Jr., LLC, immediately at 410-288-2900.

Maryland Heart Stent Lawyers
410-288-2900
http://www.StJosephStents.com

Our Stent Cardiologists will review your heart stent that was performed by one of the Maryland hospitals.  It isn't too late to join the heart stent lawsuit.  We have clients that are involved in the current lawsuit filed in Baltimore County Circuit Court.  We can file your claim, all you need to do is contact our office.  We will either meet privately in our office or send you our stent packet that you can complete in the privacy of your home.

NO FEE IF NO RECOVERY.

Heart Stent Lawsuit in Maryland (St. Joseph Medical Center)

Law Offices of G. Randolph Rice, Jr., LLC
6914 Holabird Avenue, Suite A
Baltimore, Maryland 21222

101 E. Chesapeake Avenue, Suite 200
Towson, Maryland 21286

Office: 410-288-2900
RiceLawMD@gmail.com

St. Joseph and Mark Midei Stents stir growing doubts and Maryland legal action

Stents stir growing doubts, legal action - Baltimore Sun

Call our office for a free and confidential stent review at 410-288-2900 and speak with our Maryland Stent Lawyer, G. Randolph Rice, Jr.


Charles E. Johnson Jr. was a hearty 62 in early 2008. He walked about 20 miles a month, worked out four times a week and played tennis on weekends.

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But he noticed a tightness in his chest sometimes. So he went to St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson and saw Dr. Mark G. Midei, who found significant blockage in three major coronary arteries and used mesh stents to prop open two of them.


Johnson says he has been irreversibly disabled ever since. According to a lawsuit filed this year in Baltimore County Circuit Court, the stents caused a blood clot, which led to a heart attack and a series of medical events that left Johnson with permanent heart damage.  Click here to read more of the Baltimore Sun Article.


If you received a stent from St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, Maryland and Dr. Mark Midei, contact the Law Offices of G. Randolph Rice, Jr., LLC.


Our offices are in involved in the lawsuit filed with the Baltimore County Circuit Court alleging that St. Joseph Medical Center and Dr. Mark Midei implanted hundreds of unneeded stents in former patients.
All information is confidential and there is no fee if no recovery.  Contact our office for a free review of your stent procedure.  It isn't too late to join the Midei and St. Joseph stent lawsuit.  We provide personal service to all of our stent clients, answering any questions and providing answers to difficult legal and medical questions.


Law Offices of G. Randolph Rice, Jr., LLC
6914 Holabird Avenue, Suite A
Baltimore, Maryland 21222-1747
or
101 E. Chesapeake Avenue, Suite 200
Towson, Maryland 21286
Office: 410-288-2900
Email: RiceLawMD@gmail.com
www.StJosephStents.com

St. Joseph, two others, Union Memorial and Washington Adventist, had highest stent rates

St. Joseph, two others, had highest stent rates

Maryland Stent Lawsuit Lawyers

Three hospitals have consistently outpaced all others in Maryland in the use of stents to treat heart patients, according to data obtained by The Baltimore Sun, raising questions as state regulators examine whether the expensive procedure is performed unnecessarily by some doctors.

St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson became the subject of a state investigation earlier this year after it notified 585 patients that they might have received unneeded stents to prop open their arteries. The new data, from the Health Services Cost Review Commission, shows that Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore and Washington Adventist Hospital in Takoma Park are also likely to be subject to review.

Each of the three hospitals exceeded the state's average rate of placing a stent after diagnosis by 20 percent to 30 percent over the past five years. Combined, they placed more than half the stents given to all patients in Maryland.  Click to read more of the Baltimore Sun Article, "St. Joseph, two other, had highest stent rates"


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Law Offices of G. Randolph Rice, Jr., LLC
Maryland Stent Lawyers
6914 Holabird Avenue, Suite A
Baltimore, Maryland 21222


410-288-2900 for a free review of your stent procedure.


All information is confidential and all consultations are free.

Sun exclusive: Officials broaden stent investigation

Sun exclusive: Officials broaden stent investigation

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410-288-2900

State health officials investigating claims that a Towson cardiologist performed hundreds of unnecessary medical procedures have identified other doctors in Maryland with similarly questionable practices, The Baltimore Sun has learned.

Several cardiologists in the state have performed a suspiciously high number of the same invasive cardiac stent procedures that Dr. Mark G. Midei is accused of over-performing at St. Joseph Medical Center, according to an analysis of data from the state's Health Services Cost Review Commission.

The discovery was made as part of a broader statewide investigation of hospitals that was triggered by the allegations at St. Joseph, and is raising concerns that the accusations against Midei might not be isolated.

Investigators plan to review the work of the other cardiologists — who were not identified to The Baltimore Sun — going back five years. Sources also said they expect the investigation to eventually expand to include inquiries into other medical specialties and procedures.

Del. Peter A. Hammen, who asked the state agencies to investigate, cautioned against jumping to conclusions about what the higher rates of stent placement indicate.

"Once we have [all] the numbers in front of us, we'll be able to make, obviously, better sense as to what they mean and what actions we should take," said Hammen, who was briefed on the initial data. "It's early in the state's investigation."

State investigators, after interviewing medical specialists and analyzing billing data reported by hospitals, have determined that doctors who perform a diagnostic test called a cardiac catheterization typically find blockage requiring treatment with a stent about 30 percent of the time.  Click to read more.

Stent Lawyers in Maryland
Law Offices of G. Randolph Rice, Jr., LLC
6914 Holabird Avenue, Suite A
Baltimore, Maryland 21222-1747
410-288-2900
RiceLawMD@gmail.com

Federal Probe focuses on heart stents Procedures by Dr. Mark Midei & St. Joseph Medical Center

Probe focuses on heart stents

St. Joseph Medical Center
Stent Attorney

St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, whose cardiology business was a focus of a federal health-care fraud investigation, notified hundreds of its heart patients that they may have received expensive and potentially dangerous coronary implants they didn't need.

An internal review, begun last May at the behest of federal investigators and in response to a patient complaint, turned up 369 patients with stents that appear to have been implanted in their arteries unnecessarily, CEO Jeffrey K. Norman said. Patients began receiving letters alerting them to the finding in December 2009, and more notifications were expected."We take our interaction and the care of our patients with the utmost seriousness, and so we wanted to alert patients and their physicians to what we found," said Norman.  Click to read more.

Maryland Stent Lawsuit Attorneys
Law Offices of G. Randolph Rice, Jr., LLC
6914 Holabird Avenue, Suite A
Baltimore, Maryland 21222
410-288-2900
RiceLawMD@gmail.com

Lawyers see St. Joseph's stent claims growing

Lawyers see St. Joseph's stent claims growing

The story Frank Ward tells about his medical history would sound familiar to just about any malpractice attorney in Baltimore.

He went to St. Joseph Medical Center for a heart procedure, Dr. Mark Midei put a stent in his artery after finding a blockage, and now another doctor says the blockage was insignificant and the stent wasn't necessary. A total of 585 patients have received letters from St. Joseph describing similar scenarios, after the Towson hospital reviewed the last two years of Midei's cases.

"I feel betrayed," said Ward, a 50-year-old courtroom constable from Perry Hall.

But similarities aside, Ward's case also represents a whole new category of potential problems for St. Joseph, and it suggests that the hospital could be facing legal claims from many more of its former patients.

Click the link above to read more.


Maryland Stent Lawyers


Law Offices of G. Randolph Rice, Jr., LLC
6914 Holabird Avenue, Suite A
Baltimore, Maryland 21222-1747
410-288-2900 for a Free Review of Your Stent Procedure.