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
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Baltimore, Maryland 21222
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The Law Offices of G. Randolph Rice, Jr., LLC, is a leading Maryland Medical Malpractice firm that is seeking compensation from St. Joseph Medical Center and Dr. Mark Midei for the placement of unneeded coronary artery stents in Maryland Hospitals.

If you received a stent from St. Joseph Medical Center between January 2005 and January 2010, contact the office at 410.288.2900 for a free stent review.

All information is confidential.  Have a free review of your stent placement by our cardiologist.  If you find that your stent was unneeded, we can add it to the already filed suit in Baltimore County, Maryland Circuit Court.  We can guide you through the process and ensure that you receive compensation for the unnecessary stent.