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Federal Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Defendant In Qui Tam Lawsuit

March 7, 2023

Summary Judgment Reversed In Qui Tam Lawsuit: In its opinion filed on August 9, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) held that the district court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of the defendants in a qui tam action brough[...]

Physicians With One Paid Medical Malpractice Claim Are Four Times More Likely To Pay Future Medical Malpractice Claims

February 12, 2023

Physicians With 1 Paid Malpractice Claim Are 4 Times More Likely To Pay Future Claims: A study entitled “Association of Past and Future Paid Medical Malpractice Claims” published on February 10, 2023 in JAMA Health Forum found: “Physicians with even a single paid medical malpractic[...]

How Pharmaceutical Companies Game The Patent System And Earn Billions At Patients’ Safety And Expense

January 31, 2023

How Pharmaceutical Companies Game The Patent System: The New York Times reported on how pharmaceutical companies legally abuse the patent system and hospital management software to earn billions from their patents that are expiring on their cash-cow drugs. By using lawsuits and settlement practices [...]

Study Suggests Emergency Department Physicians Fear Harming Patients More Than Being Sued For Malpractice

January 28, 2023

ER Physicians Fear Harming Patients: A common refrain from medical malpractice “reform” advocates who want to place barriers to medical malpractice victims being compensated for the harms they suffered is that emergency department medical staff order unnecessary medical tests, often refe[...]

1 In 4 Patients Admitted To U.S. Hospitals Are Harmed

January 22, 2023

1 In 4 Patients Admitted To U.S. Hospitals Are Harmed: The results of a study entitled “The Safety of Inpatient Health Care” published on January 12, 2023 in The New England Journal of Medicine concluded: “Adverse events were identified in nearly one in four admissions, and approxi[...]

Cost Of Nursing Home Care Rose 27.4% To $95,400 By First Quarter 2021

January 20, 2023

Cost Of Nursing Home Care Rose 27.4% To $95400 By First Quarter 2021: The National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC) reported in its November 2022 Insider Newsletter: In late 2019, the price per nursing care bed averaged $80,000 before slipping 1.8% to $78,600 in the first quart[...]

Federal Appellate Court Finds Pfizer’s Proposed Copay Assistance Program For Expensive Heart Drug Would Violate Anti-Kickback Statute

January 4, 2023

Pfizer’s Proposed Copay Assistance Program Violates Anti-Kickback Statute: Pfizer, Inc. produces and sells a drug called tafamidis that treats a rare, progressive heart condition known as transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy. Without treatment, patients have a median life expectancy of two to [...]

Study Found New Lighting System Cut Nursing Home Resident Fall Risk By 43%

December 29, 2022

New Lighting System Cut Nursing Home Resident Fall Risk By 43%: A study entitled Impact of Upgraded Lighting on Falls in Care Home Residents published on July 15, 2022 in The Journal of Post Acute and Long Term Care Medicine reported: “Before the lighting upgrade, the rate of falls was similar[...]

$40M Talc Verdict In California Against Avon

December 19, 2022

$40M Talc Verdict: A California jury returned its verdict in favor of a woman who claimed that talc in Avon Products Inc. (“Avon”) cosmetics caused her to develop cancer (mesothelioma, which is caused by exposure to asbestos). The California jury awarded the woman $40 million in actual d[...]

New Study Finds Incorrect Diagnoses In U.S. Emergency Departments Harm 2.6 Million Patients Annually

December 16, 2022

A report issued by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality dated December 15, 2022 entitled “Diagnostic Errors in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review” found: About 5.7% of patients seen in the emergency department (“ED”) receive an incorrect diagnosis with ab[...]

U.S. States With The Most, Least Medical Malpractice Claims

December 15, 2022

US States With The Most and Least Medical Malpractice Claims: NiceRx, which “assists eligible individuals to enroll in patient assistance programs to receive their brand name medication directly from the pharmaceutical company,” recently reported on its findings regarding which U.S. stat[...]

New Hampshire Reaches $40.5 Million Settlement With Johnson & Johnson To Settle Opioid Claims

December 13, 2022

New Hampshire Reaches $40.5 Million Settlement With Johnson & Johnson: The New Hampshire Attorney General announced on September 1, 2022 that a settlement with Janssen Pharmaceuticals/Johnson & Johnson was reached to settle the state’s opioid claims against the company. The company has[...]

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