The lawsuit also asserts that Korovin left the operating room while other medical personnel were trying to revive her. The technician "stated that after the 'Time Out' was announced for the EGD and sedation was administered by [the anesthesiologist], [Korovin] announced, "I will go first." Melissa Rivers' attorneys Ben Rubinowitz and Jeff Bloom did not disclose the amount of the settlement, but said they wanted to "make certain that the focus of this horrific incident remains on improved patient care and the legacy of Joan Rivers," according to the Associated Press. And even after Rivers died, her celebrity patients, such as Joel Grey, were effusive about her. However, the report shows that another procedure, a nasolaryngoscopy (an inspection of the voice box using a spaghetti-thin scope that's passed through the nose), was performed twice by an ENT doctor not privileged to perform procedures at Yorkville. KAREN SIBERT, MD There are minor operations and procedures, but there are no minor anesthetics. Then, complications that proved fatal arose. After the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, acting for the New York Department of Health, inspected the clinic and found errors and deficiencies, the clinic's certification was pulled in January, meaning it could no longer receive payments from Medicare and Medicaid for patients 65 or older. She was 81. She was rushed to a nearby hospital and put on life support. During the procedure an ear, nose and throat specialist (ENT) was brought into the operating room by Ms. Rivers’s gastroenterologist, Dr. Lawrence Cohen, sources confirm. Initial reports after Rivers' death suggested it was Korovin who took the infamous cellphone photo. Yorkville is fully licensed by the New York State Department of Health, Medicare-approved, and accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care. by 9:30 a.m. Korovin removes the scope. Before the Rivers tragedy, Korovin was beloved by celebrities and stars, known as "Broadway's throat doc and keeper of high-profile pipes," as the New York Daily News put it in April 2013. Also, the clinic's state accreditation for "office-based surgery" has switched from the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities, to the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care. Ms. Rivers’ funeral was held yesterday, September 7. 9:21 a.m. Rivers blood pressure (89/44) and pulse (54) continue to drop, and the oxygen concentration in her blood increases to an SpO2 of 97 percent. The personal doctor: Dr. Gwen Korovin, Rivers' personal doctor, is still practicing in New York. But it didn't last. | Cookie Settings. Rivers died one week later on Sept. 4 at 1:15 p.m. Email: Soo.Youn@THR.com 9:28 a.m. Rivers has a pulse and is in ventricular tachycardia (dangerously rapid heart beat), according to another set of notes. Melissa Rivers filed the suit in 2015 in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, alleging that the doctors performed unauthorized medical procedures, as they were caught taking a selfie with the Fashion Police star while she was under anesthesia. (Read the full statement below.). The 81-year-old comedienne, who had been complaining of hoarseness and had a history of acid reflux, had scheduled an esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD), a procedure in which a thin scope with a light and camera at its tip is used to look inside the area between the throat and upper intestines. This could turn out to be the one lesson learned from the ongoing investigation into the death of comedian Joan Rivers. The physicians directly responsible for Ms. Rivers' care are no longer affiliated with Yorkville in any way. Korovin was escorted into the procedure room by Yorkville Endoscopy's medical director, Dr. Lawrence Cohen. "The level of medical mismanagement, incompetency, disrespect and outrageous behavior is shocking and frankly, almost incomprehensible, " she said in a statement.