Affordable Care Act Archives - Medical Malpractice Lawyers

Drug And Medical Device Companies Paid $8,180,000,000 To 631,000 Physicians For Travel, Research, Speaking Fees, And Meals In 2016

July 5, 2017

Open Payments is a federal program, required by the Affordable Care Act, that collects information about the payments drug and device companies make to physicians and teaching hospitals for things like travel, research, gifts, speaking fees, and meals. It also includes ownership interests that physi[...]

$9.5M California Medical Malpractice Verdict Overturned For Failure To Consider Future Medical Expenses Under ACA

May 16, 2017

The Court of Appeal of the State of California First Appellate District Division One (“California Appellate Court”) overturned a California medical malpractice jury’s award of $9,577,000 as the present cash value of the future medical and rehabilitation care expenses in a birth inj[...]

Did Nominee For HHS Secretary Buy Stock, Then Introduce Legislation To Benefit The Company?

January 17, 2017

CNN reported on January 16, 2017 that President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Representative Tom Price, had bought stock in a medical device company that manufactures hip and knee replacements (Zimmer Biomet) in March 2016, and [...]

Deaf Wife Of Patient Files Lawsuit Against Maryland Hospital For Its Failure To Provide Her With Interpreter

November 21, 2016

On November 13, 2016, the deaf wife of a patient who was treated for cancer in a Maryland hospital filed a lawsuit against the hospital for its failure to provide her with a qualified sign language interpreter during her husband’s hospital treatments. The patient, who had no hearing impairment[...]

Study: Physicians’ Political Views Affect Patient Care

October 15, 2016

In a study recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, the Yale University researchers suggested, “Just as a patient may seek out a physician of a certain gender to feel more comfortable, the evidence suggests that a patient may need to make [...]

Largest Medicare Fraud Sweep Involving $712M In Alleged Medicare False Billings

June 24, 2015

On June 18, 2015, the U.S. Attorney General and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the largest nationwide sweep led by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, resulting in charges against 243 individuals, including 46 doctors, nurses, and other licensed medical professionals, fo[...]

South Dakota Lawsuit Alleges Money Improperly Motivated Physician-Owned Hospital

June 10, 2014

A recently filed lawsuit by the former CEO of a physician-owned South Dakota hospital alleges what many people firmly believe about physician-owned hospitals: money motivates medical decisions, even if the decisions are not in the best interests of patients. The South Dakota lawsuit filed by the CEO[...]

U.S. Senator Boxer’s Office Issues “Medical Errors” Report

May 4, 2014

U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer’s Office recently issued a report entitled “Medical Errors” that discusses “the most common and devastating medical errors.” In July 2013, Senator Boxer contacted Partnership for Patients (a public-private partnership funded through the Affor[...]

Republican Party’s Alternative To Obamacare Shows Its Disdain For Our Jury System

January 31, 2014

The Republican Party’s recently published counter-proposal in response to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) shows its utter disdain for the American jury system. The Republican Party’s proposal, which it calls The Patient Choice, Affordability, [...]

Hey, Where Did My Hospital Go?

November 20, 2013

You may have noticed that your local, independent hospital has either been taken over by a larger, regional health care system or has closed its doors altogether. The consolidation of hospitals in the United States is expected to increase in the coming years, especially influenced by the financ[...]

How Does the Affordable Care Act Impact Medical Malpractice Claims?

November 8, 2013

How does the Affordable Care Act (commonly referred to as “Obamacare”) affect medical malpractice claims in the United States? The short answer is: not much (at east directly). Fortunately for the victims of medical malpractice in the United States, efforts at federal (nationwide) medi[...]

Sunshine Act To Shed Light On Industry Payments To Physicians

June 16, 2013

The so-called “Sunshine Act” (The Physician Payments Sunshine Act) is part of the Affordable Care Act that requires the manufacturers of drugs, medical devices, and biologicals that participate in U.S. federal health care programs to submit annual reports to the Centers for Medicare [...]

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