Protecting against unethical and fraudulent medical billing
Physician assistants and nurse practitioners can be held liable for billing fraud on their NPI.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Maryland stent malpractice case settles before doctor testifies
The lawsuit involving Mark G. Midei, MD, and unnecessary stent procedures for St. Joseph Medical Center patients, has settled after six weeks of trial.
Bill could make Florida toughest state to file malpractice suits
Senate Bill 1792 would change requirements for expert witnesses, and enable attorneys to question patients’ subsequent healthcare providers.
Treat malpractice cases like workman’s comp, bill proposes
A proposed new bill in Georgia seeks to take medical malpractice cases out of the court system and treat them more like worker’s compensation cases.
Both doctors and lawyers support Oregon malpractice bill
Senate Bill 438 proposes the state create patient safety commission to discuss and mediate malpractice incidents before cases go to trial.
“Do not resuscitate” stops CPR
An elderly man opted for “no heroics” if things went wrong in surgery, but his family felt differently.
Physician found liable for patient’s suicide
A malpractice suit involving a physician who prescribed antidepressants without seeing his patient for years serves as a warning against overmedication.
Is an adulterous affair grounds for malpractice?
A New York court ruled in a favor of a patient who sued her physician for medical malpractice after their affair ended.
Dispensing the wrong medication
An eager, young clinician makes a serious mistake that causes a heart attack.
New Hampshire Supreme Court affirms malpractice screening panels
Court dismisses concerns that medical malpractice expert panels exert too much pressure on juries.
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