That's right - Perper had said if it wasn't criminal, we'd know right away. Looks like he was just "funnin'" us.
Stern will use the defense (as the rest of her enablers have) that Anna said, "No hospital!" Mr. TrimSpa said, on Dr. Phil, "What were we supposed to do, throw her over our shoulder and take her to the hospital?" Phil said a resounding "Yes! If that's what it took."
The LAST person he called in was KE and she was asked to bring something to him. She made a mistake by saying that his results would be more or less ambiguous (My word). She couldn't know that. She had left Anna 12-24 hours before.