The situation at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center is more serious than even I realized. I have not been writing about it because of the type of investigation that is going on. This investigation is not being completed by the county or standard state agencies that normally investigate the hospital. I will update as information becomes available. I do expect to see at least one termination at a very high level and there is a potential for criminal charges being brought.
The situation with the fraud unit has not been forgotten. I’m simply too busy to get back to it. But I will be following up soon. Perhaps one of the investigators can update us as to whether or not the District Attorney’s office has filed on the $400,000 or the $80,000 internal fraud cases or not.
Finally, I promised a series on San Manuel and it is still on its way. I hope to have the next article in that series in a few days. All is not well out there.
Ongoing investigations by the county, and state and federal agencies appear poised to deal devastating blows to the reputation of San Bernardino County-owned Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (ARMC).
Investigations have revealed multiple instances of medical malpractice highlighted by failures to properly diagnose.
At least one critical instance of misconduct resulting in permanent catastrophic injury was concealed from the parents of the victim. The failure to make a simple diagnosis in a timely manner was the cause.
Medical staff members at the facility have been speaking out in recent months in an effort to bring problems to the attention of government officials.
On top of medical errors at the hospital, a major non-medical irregularity uncovered at ARMC involves Medical Director Dr. Dev GnanaDev.
Records indicate that under the oversight of former County Administrative Officer Mark Uffer, GnanaDev was handed the power to negotiate and award the contract for his own medical group.
A lucrative arrangement and clear conflict of interest.
ARMC awards contract to various medical specialty groups that serve the facility. Physicians who have privileges and work at the facility are employed by the various medical groups.
GnanaDev is chief of surgery at ARMC.
Developing…