{"id":325,"date":"2010-07-20T10:36:59","date_gmt":"2010-07-20T16:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.lawblogger.net\/2010\/07\/20\/chicagos_rush_university_medic_1\/"},"modified":"2019-10-17T06:11:53","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T11:11:53","slug":"chicagos_rush_university_medic_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/chicagos_rush_university_medic_1\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago&#8217;s Rush University Medical Center Orthopedic Surgeons Sued Under Whistle-Blower Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A whistle-blower lawsuit filed against <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rush.edu\/\">Chicago&#8217;s Rush University Medical Center<\/a> was recently unsealed, allowing the Chicago public a glimpse of the case facts.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicago-personal-injury-lawyer-blawg.com\/files\/2013\/06\/Goldberg-v-Rush-072110.pdf\"><em>Goldberg, M.D. v. Rush University Medical Center, et al.<\/em><\/a> was brought by orthopedic surgeon Robert Goldberg, M.D. against his employer, Rush University Medical Center, and fellow surgeons alleging that the orthopedic department routinely overbooked its operating rooms and violated Medicare billing rules.<\/p>\n<p><em>Goldberg<\/em> alleges that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rush.edu\/rumc\/page-R11726.html\">Rush&#8217;s orthopedic center <\/a>operated as a business that emphasized quantity over quality, a claim that is supported by further allegations that the during 2004 and 2005 the orthopedic center regularly overbooked its operating rooms and relied heavily on its residents to perform surgeries.  The assumption is that by overbooking these rooms the surgical center&#8217;s patients were at a heightened risk for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/lawyer-attorney-1342715.html\">surgical errors<\/a> and potential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/lawyer-attorney-1331861.html\">medical malpractice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to Medicare billing rules teaching surgeons, like the six surgeons named in this lawsuit, are required to be present in the operating room during key portions of the procedures. The case was filed as a whistle-blower lawsuit because Medicare is a federal institution, and as such falls under the federal government&#8217;s umbrella.  A whistle-blower claim is one in which the government has been victimized, such as by falsifying federal billing records.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/chicagos_rush_university_medic_1\/#more-325\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A whistle-blower lawsuit filed against Chicago&#8217;s Rush University Medical Center was recently unsealed, allowing the Chicago public a glimpse of the case facts. Goldberg, M.D. v. 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