Why Not Sue Insurers Who Deny Care if the Patient Suffers Harm? Why Not Sue Insurers Who Deny Care if the Patient Suffers Harm?
Physicians shouldn ' t be the only malpractice suit defendants if patients suffer because insurers refuse to pay for care, says this doctor.Medscape Business of Medicine (Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines - September 14, 2022 Category: Primary Care Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Commentary Source Type: news
Clinical Pathologist Once Again at the Center of a National News Story as Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Seeks New Trial
Federal judge must rule on her bid for a new trial, after former Theranos lab director Adam Rosendorff’s statement that he regrets his testimony during her criminal fraud trial It is a rare event for a board-certified clinical pathologist to be named in national news headlines, but that is what is happening now to Adam […]
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Source: Dark Daily - September 14, 2022 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Jillia Schlingman Tags: Compliance, Legal, and Malpractice Laboratory Management and Operations Laboratory News Laboratory Pathology Laboratory Testing Adam Rosendorff MD Amy Mason Saharia JD anatomic pathology Bloomberg CBS News clinical laboratory clinica Source Type: news
Flashy, Blingy Doc Sabotages His Own Malpractice Trial Flashy, Blingy Doc Sabotages His Own Malpractice Trial
A flaunty physician refuses to remove his flashy jewelry before trial. How did the physician ' s ostentatious wardrobe impact the case ' s outcome?Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines - September 9, 2022 Category: Primary Care Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
Multiple Blue Cross Insurers Sue Nebraska-based Clinical Laboratory Company for Alleged COVID-19 Test Price Gauging
Insurers from three states claim pandemic start-up medical lab company charged as much as $979 for SARS-CoV-2 PCR test In an unprecedented move, Blue Cross insurers in three states are suing a clinical laboratory company in Nebraska for test price gauging during the COVID-19 pandemic. The lawsuit claims that the lab company charged as much […]
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Source: Dark Daily - September 7, 2022 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Jillia Schlingman Tags: Coding, Billing, and Collections Compliance, Legal, and Malpractice Laboratory Management and Operations Laboratory News Laboratory Pathology Laboratory Testing 88MED anatomic pathology APM Reports Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City Source Type: news
Nigeria: Increase in Medical Malpractice Claims Amid Covid-19
[Daily Trust] Whenever an accident occurs due to human error, you can usually easily notice it depending on the situation. For instance, take a case of a road accident due to a mistake on the driver's part. Anyone can quickly pinpoint the cause. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 31, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Pennsylvania court ruling will have a 'devastating effect' on state's health care system, industry leaders warn
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday reversed an almost two-decade-old rule designed to reduce so-called venue shopping in medical malpractice cases. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - August 26, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Jeff Blumenthal Source Type: news
Is the alleged chicanery of prescribing Dolo-650 just another example of doctors trapping you in hunger for freebies?
Dolo-650 being unethically prescribed to patients during the pandemic is just the latest example of drug companies ’ malpractices, senior advocate Sanjay Parikh told publication Down To Earth. Different strategies are used to promote drugs to categories of doctors — core doctors and secondary doctors in which core doctors are those who give business to the company. An additional category includes specialists , doctors with a good reputation, opinion leaders. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - August 23, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Class-Action Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Patients who Purchased Theranos Testing Services Seeks Damages from Elizabeth Holmes, Ramesh Balwani, and Walgreens
Damages sought include reimbursement of costs for voided clinical laboratory tests as well as an injunction ‘to prevent Theranos and Walgreens from engaging in further misrepresentations and unfair conduct’ Theranos founder and ex-CEO Elizabeth Holmes and ex-COO/President Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani have been found guilty on multiple counts of fraud and now await sentencing in federal […]
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South Africa: Legal Claims for Medical Mistakes Are On the Rise in South Africa - What's Behind the Trend
[The Conversation Africa] Medico-legal claims - claims based on medical negligence or malpractice - have skyrocketed in South Africa. Recent figures indicate a growth rate of 23% for medico-legal claims in the public sector since 2014. In the past financial year, more than R6.5 billion (over US$390 million) was awarded in medico-legal claims. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 16, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
CMS Pauses Plans to Limit Public Knowledge of Medical and Surgical Harm at Hospitals During COVID-19 Pandemic
Healthcare industry watchdog Group Leapfrog says that if CMS suppresses the data “all of us will be in the dark on which hospitals put us most at risk” For some time, hospitals and clinical laboratories have struggled with transparency regulation when it comes to patient outcomes, test prices, and costs. So, it is perplexing that […]
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Texas Spine Surgeon Defends Himself Against 'Dr. Death' Comparisons
(MedPage Today) -- Anil Kesani, MD, a spine surgeon in Fort Worth, Texas, publicly pushed back against a malpractice claim that led to him being branded as "Dr. Death 2.0," by the media, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Kesani is embroiled... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - August 9, 2022 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
Theranos Whistleblower Tyler Shultz Publicly Denounces LDT ‘Loophole’ that the Disgraced Blood-testing Company Exploited
Shultz and fellow whistleblower Erika Cheung spoke to clinical laboratory scientists and attendees at the AACC Annual Scientific Meeting in Chicago Two whistleblowers who raised concerns about the accuracy of Theranos’ blood test results offered thought-provoking comments on how the maligned company operated within current requirements for clinical laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) during last week’s American […]
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Source: Dark Daily - July 31, 2022 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: swallask Tags: Compliance, Legal, and Malpractice Laboratory News Laboratory Pathology Laboratory Testing Pathology and Clinical Laboratory Conferences Source Type: news
How to Spot ‘Medical Gaslighting’ and What to Do About It.
Experts share tips on advocating for yourself in a health care setting. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - July 29, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Caron Tags: Doctors Malpractice Women and Girls Medicine and Health Discrimination Source Type: news
Malpractice Lawyer Gloats at Win, Then Puts Foot in Mouth Malpractice Lawyer Gloats at Win, Then Puts Foot in Mouth
An attorney is receiving backlash for a celebration video about his malpractice case victory. Did he go too far?Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - July 29, 2022 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Business of Medicine News Source Type: news
Judge dismisses NKY businessman ’s malpractice suit against UC Health
A ruling has been made in a medical malpractice lawsuit filed by Columbia Sussex founder Bill Yung III against UC Health. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - July 26, 2022 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Liz Engel Source Type: news
