A 57-year-old man went in for what should have been a routine cataract procedure at an outpatient surgery center… and never came home. Full story: https://www.vanweylaw.com/insights/deadly-routine-eye-surgery/

In this BONUS episode of AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable, Kay Van Wey is joined by a powerhouse panel to break down the horrifying “Bingo Doctor” case—where an anesthesiologist allegedly sedated patients while staff were distracted by music bingo, and the monitor alarms were believed to be turned off.

This isn’t just a shocking story. It’s a spotlight on the same system failures we keep seeing: weak oversight, loopholes in reporting, and a culture that can silence people who know something is wrong.

Panelists

1. Kay Van Wey — medical malpractice attorney & patient safety advocate
2. Bob Oshel — former associate director, National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB)
3. Dr. Robert Henderson — board-certified spine surgeon
4. Anne Roberts — VP of Medical Staff Services, major New England hospital system
5. Dr. Martin Lazar — board-certified neurosurgeon

In this BONUS episode, we discuss:

1. Why this level of sedation is unusual for cataract surgery and what that could mean
2. How monitoring and alarms are supposed to protect patients (and what happens when they’re silenced)
3. Why distraction in the OR violates the standard of care—no matter how “routine” the procedure seems
4. How ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) handle peer review and why accountability can be harder in smaller facilities
5. The NPDB reporting rules and the loopholes facilities use to avoid reporting
6. Why there are effectively no real penalties for non-reporting
7. How doctors can move state-to-state with a “clean slate,” and why continuous query matters

If you’ve ever assumed “outpatient” automatically means “safe,” this conversation will change how you think about oversight, reporting, and patient protection.

Learn more: https://www.vanweylaw.com/advokayte-podcasts/

New episodes every Wednesday at 9 AM CT

Question: Should the public have access to more provider safety data—yes or no?

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