How safe is your hospital? Chance of serious complications varies widely
The chance you will suffer a serious, preventable complication varies dramatically based on where in Texas you’re hospitalized, a Dallas Morning News analysis shows.
The chance you will suffer a serious, preventable complication varies dramatically based on where in Texas you’re hospitalized, a Dallas Morning News analysis shows.
Legal problems are multiplying for Dr. Alireza Atef-Zafarmand, a Dallas doctor whom regulators have suspended because of sexual abuse allegations.
A panel has set a March 12 deadline for federal health officials to report steps they are taking to prevent fraud after a Texas hospital chain allegedly fleeced an economic stimulus program for $18 million.
The charges follow a report by The Dallas Morning News exposing potential mismanagement of stimulus funds by the hospitals and the federal agency that awards them.
Joe White of Cameron, Texas, rose from maintenance man to manager of facilities for Dr. Tariq Mahmood's now-collapsed Texas hospital chain.
The suit accuses Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano of failing to properly monitor or investigate Dr. Christopher Duntsch.
Dallas area hospitals drew the most fines from Texas state health enforcers last year. The most frequent bullseye: Parkland Memorial Hospital.
Texas is again sinking to the bottom of the barrel on a national health care measure.
Authorities say he directed staff at his Central Texas Hospital in Cameron to change diagnostic codes on billing claims from other facilities.
The Texas Medical Board found that Christopher Daniel Duntsch violated care standards in the treatment of six patients, including two who died.
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