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

Stents stir growing doubts, legal action - Baltimore Sun

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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.
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Sun exclusive: Officials broaden stent investigation

Sun exclusive: Officials broaden stent investigation

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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.

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