New Mexico $2 Million Verdict For Bad Back Surgery
September 24, 2012
On September 7, 2012, a medical malpractice jury in Santa Fe, New Mexico returned its verdict in the amount of $2 million after five days of trial and deliberating for less than three hours, in favor of a man whose back surgery in May, 2008 resulted in the man suffering cardiac arrest 36 hours late[...]
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Hospital Error Rates For Chronically Ill Children
September 23, 2012
In a study of data regarding children who were hospitalized during 2006 in 38 states in the United States, researchers found that 44.1 % of hospitalized children had a least one chronic condition such as cancer, asthma, or digestive disorders (the researchers found that 22.3% of children who were[...]
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Maryland Surgery Center Closed Due To Infections
September 22, 2012
A cosmetic surgery center located in Baltimore County, Maryland that refers to itself as a “med spa” was forced to close on September 19, 2012 by the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (“DHMH”) and the Baltimore County Department of Health after three of its lip[...]
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Hospital Medical Malpractice Statistics Exposed
September 20, 2012
In a new book written by a world-renowned Johns Hopkins surgeon named Marty Makary, M.D., the author notes that one in six dollars in the U.S. economy are spent in the health care industry, 20% to 30% of all medical tests and procedures are unnecessary, 30% to 40% of total health care expenditure[...]
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Texas Doctor Defending First Of 18 Medical Malpractice Cases
September 19, 2012
A Wichita Falls, Texas doctor is presently involved in jury selection in one of at least eighteen local medical malpractice cases filed against him. And medical malpractice claims are not the only professional claims that must concern him — the FBI raided the doctor’s office in April, 20[...]
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San Francisco $1.138 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict
September 18, 2012
On September 12, 2012, a San Francisco, California medical malpractice jury returned a verdict in the total amount of $1,138,000 in favor of the medical malpractice plaintiffs. The medical malpractice trial lasted one month in the Superior Court during which the medical malpractice jury heard testim[...]
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Prescription Drug Plan Statistics For 2012
September 17, 2012
Over 99% of employees in the United States who are covered by an employer-sponsored health plan have a prescription drug benefit. Eighty-seven percent of employees covered by an employer-sponsored health plan had a tiered cost-sharing formula for prescription drugs in 2012, with over 75% having t[...]
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What Is Medical Malpractice? (Idaho, New Mexico, Texas, Virginia)
September 15, 2012
What is medical malpractice? Here are the “official” definitions of medical malpractice from Idaho, New Mexico, Texas, and Virginia: Idaho TITLE 6, ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES, CHAPTER 10, MEDICAL MALPRACTICE, 6-1012. Proof of community standard of health care practice in malpractice[...]
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2012 Employer-Provided Health Plan Cost Statistics
September 13, 2012
The average cost of a family health care plan in the United States rose by 4% in 2012, to $15,745 (the average cost was $15,073 in 2011), which was higher than the overall inflation rate of 2.3% and was 30% higher than in 2007 and 97% higher than in 2002. The average premium for family coverag[...]
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