A talented young physician was concerned about her job at Michigan Medicine, where we both work. She thought she might have to leave the organization because she could not meet mandatory early-morning start times for procedures or outpatient visits. She was especially discouraged by colleagues who said her attitude reflected a lack of commitment and “was emblematic of her generation’s fixation on lifestyle.”
The Ohio Medical Board has suspended William Husel’s medical license. The move comes the same day the Ohio Department Medicaid revoked Husel’s provider agreement. Husel, an anesthesiologist and ICU doctor at Mount Carmel Health System, ordered excessive doses of the painkiller fentanyl for at least 34 patients during his five-year tenure.
An Indiana school superintendent who allegedly used her own insurance to help a sick student faces multiple charges including insurance fraud. Casey Smitherman – superintendent of Elwood Community Schools in Elwood, Indiana – was booked on charges of insurance fraud, identity deception and official misconduct on Wednesday and later released on bail, according to court records.
A doctor who ordered excessive and possibly fatal doses of pain medicine for dozens of hospital patients kept working for four weeks after concern was raised last fall, an Ohio health care system acknowledged Thursday. Three patients died during those weeks after getting excessive doses ordered by Dr. William Husel, the Columbus-area Mount Carmel Health System said in a statement.
Patients of an Illinois medical clinic — billed as a “premier wellness destination” — were left confused after a typed note posted to the clinic’s door announced that a male doctor had resigned from the practice. The note, which one patient called “the most unprofessional thing I’ve ever seen,” said that the doctor quit because his “wife would not allow him to work here since we hired a ‘female’ nurse practitioner.” It is unclear why the word female is in quotes.
An Ohio doctor’s orders for potentially fatal doses of pain medicine given to at least 27 hospital patients were carried out by employees who “made poor decisions” and ignored existing safeguards, a top administrator told staff in an internal video. The Columbus-area Mount Carmel Health System said it fired the intensive care doctor, reported its findings to authorities and has put six pharmacists and 14 nurses on paid leave pending further review.