Three surgeons who worked at Baylor allegedly ran multiple operating rooms at once, leaving parts of complicated heart procedures for medical residents and fellows to do.
allegedly ran multiple operating rooms at once and left complex parts of procedures to their “unqualified” trainees before submitting false claims to Medicare, according to a federal settlement reached with their employers this month.
The settlement with Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center — where the doctors worked — Baylor College of Medicine and Surgical Associates of Texas is the largest ever to involve simultaneous surgeries, the Justice Department said in aon Monday. A whistleblower who reported the surgeons in 2019 will receive about $3 million from the $15 million settlement.
Surgical Associates of Texas said the case had been settled to “avoid the costs related to a lengthy legal dispute.” In its statement, St. Luke’s said it “remained committed to complying” with Medicare and Medicaid regulations.Robert Corrigan Jr., an attorney for Baylor College of Medicine, said in a statement that it was “important to note that no patients were harmed,” adding that the school disputed it had violated federal law.
On patient consent forms, only the attending physician’s name was typically listed as the doctor performing the operation. As a result, “none of the patients operated on were told that a resident or fellow would be operating on them without a certified surgeon in the room, or that the patient’s doctor of choice would be multitasking between several other surgeries at the same time as theirs,” the complaint says.
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