It’s been nearly six months since Memorial Hermann suspended its liver transplant program over a scandal involving the manipulation of data.
Dr. Steve Bynon was accused of changing figures in a database so certain patients on the waitlist would be unable to receive a new liver.
He admitted to his actions in newly-obtained documents from the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
ABC13 obtained the 30-page report on Friday morning.
Bynon is referred to as “The Transplant Surgeon” throughout those pages, but Memorial Hermann confirmed he’s the doctor responsible for making “inappropriate changes” to patient information.
“This was all done to ensure patients were safely transplanted,” Bynon was quoted as saying in the report.
JD Davis and Tommy Hastings are both attorneys representing clients who have filed lawsuits as a result of Bynon’s actions.
They said the report, which they first saw Friday, left them shocked.
“It just infuriates me,” Davis said.