Lawsuits: Ky. physicians performed unnecessary surgeries

Physicians at King’s Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, Ky. performed “medically unnecessary and harmful” heart procedures on more than 500 people, two lawsuits filed Tuesday claim. The lawsuits, filed in state court, alleged that physicians at the medical center misrepresented the severity of patients’ heart conditions to justify surgeries such as installing stents to get payments from federal healthcare programs. The lawsuit said federal authorities are investigating claims of widespread overuse of heart stents at the hospital.

Source: Kentucky.com