A federal appeals court has overturned a judge's unusual decision to acquit a Maryland doctor whom a jury found guilty in a $15 million health care fraud case involving COVID-19 tests, but upheld a ruling to grant him a new trial. Dr. Ron Elfenbein was convicted in 2023 in U.S. District Court in Baltimore of five counts of healthcare fraud. Federal prosecutors alleged that Elfenbein, 51, billed Medicare too much for visits that only lasted a few minutes and submitted records detailing medical services that his clinic did not provide.
In a social media landscape shaped by hashtags, algorithms, and viral posts, nurse leaders must decide: Will they let the narrative spiral, or can they adapt and join the conversation?
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