Risk Reduction: Opioid Overdose
If a death can be even remotely connected to the prescription of narcotics, it’s a sure bet that the ambulance chasers will be circling overhead.
If a death can be even remotely connected to the prescription of narcotics, it’s a sure bet that the ambulance chasers will be circling overhead.
When most of us think about someone with a disability, we realize that interacting with them may mean giving assistance that fully able-bodied patients don’t need. To that end, public facilities of all kinds are now wheelchair-accessible, for example. If a patient were blind, we might need to accommodate a service animal and/or guide the …
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What to Do when Non-renewed for Medical Malpractice Insurance (continued) In the previous section, we covered Step 3 and Step 4, which examined finding other coverage, and examining that coverage to be sure it’s right for you. In this final installment, we’re looking at how best to pay for the new coverage, and looking at …
What to Do when Non-renewed for Medical Malpractice (Professional Liability) Insurance In the previous section, we discussed first steps to take, and how to attempt to resolve the problem with your current medical malpractice carrier. In this segment, we discuss Step 3 and Step 4, finding other coverage, and examining that coverage to be sure …
What to Do when Non-renewed for Medical Malpractice Insurance In the previous section, we discussed what a non-renewal notice is, and some of the causes why you may receive one from your medical malpractice insurance carrier. To reiterate, the first step was to determine why you were issued a Non-Renewal Notice. In some cases, you …
An online publication recently begged the question, “How Competent Is Your Surgeon?” In the piece, the writer claims that a friend was in a Florida hospital for an appendectomy, but a records check showed that the staff surgeon had been sued five times… and that all five times the case was settled out of court. …
These days, there are two whipping boys for everyone’s angst over the high costs of health care insurance. The first is the supposed high cost of Malpractice Insurance, and the other is illegal aliens. (Ask some people, and what they’d describe suggests there are illegals crawling out of the pores and woodwork all over the …
Nearly all physicians are doing the best they can for their patients. We all hope you’re never served with a malpractice suit, but sometimes things happen. We’re all human beings. When we make mistakes, we regret them and wish we could take them back. We feel bad about the error and any consequences the patient …
A recent case involving a county-run nursing home in New Jersey brings up an important potential risk for physicians. In that facility, the subcontracted administrator, an employee of Innova, had withheld status reports from the supervising Freeholder board members for at least six months. Innova’s administrator, John Rosolia, defended that the facility was newly added, …
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We’ve posted articles here before about the importance of having the right to decide whether a case is settled or not. In those circumstances, the point was that you may not want the insurance company to settle, as that reflects badly on your practice and you may not feel you had done anything inappropriate. This …