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Nursing Home Insurer Admits Arbitration Agreements Financially Benefit Nursing Homes By Reducing Claims

December 4, 2019

HealthCap Risk Management & Insurance (“HealthCap”), which is “an insurer solely dedicated to senior care communities,” posted a video discussing arbitration agreements in nursing home admission documents, seemingly unaware that it was admitting that forced arbitration o[...]

FDA Issues Draft Guidance Regarding Breast Implants

November 26, 2019

On October 24, 2019, the FDA issued “Breast Implants – Certain Labeling Recommendations to Improve Patient Communication” containing recommendations concerning the content and format for certain labeling information for saline and silicone gel-filled breast implants. The FDA stated[...]

Baltimore Personal Injury Law Firm Pays $91,406.98 To Settle Claims That It Failed To Reimburse Medicare

November 25, 2019

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland announced on November 4, 2019 that a Baltimore personal injury law firm that heavily advertises that it handles medical malpractice and other personal injury cases has paid the United States $91,406.98 to resolve allegations that it failed to[...]

News From Medscape’s Medical Malpractice Report 2019

November 23, 2019

For Medscape’s Malpractice Report 2019, 4,360 physicians (68% were men; 57% were age 55 and over) in 29 medical specialities were surveyed with regard to whether they had been sued for medical malpractice and how their experiences affected how they treat their patients. The survey was conducte[...]

Contaminated Fecal Transplant May Have Resulted In Cancer Patient’s Death

November 17, 2019

An article appearing in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) on October 30, 2019 reported that “Gram-negative bacteremia has been reported in four patients after they had undergone FMT [fecal microbiota transplantation]. In three of these cases, there was a plausible alternative explanat[...]

Are Filshie Clips Causing Allergic Reactions?

October 29, 2019

We continue to receive many inquiries from women who have had Filshie clips implanted as a form of sterilization who complain that they suffered various allergic reactions to the materials contained in Filshie clips, including but not limited to fatigue, pain, and what has been deemed as post implan[...]

34 Vaping Deaths In 24 U.S. States, 1,604 Vaping Lung Injuries (As Of October 22, 2019)

October 27, 2019

As of October 22, 2019, 1,604 cases of e-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury (EVALI) have been reported to CDC from 49 states (all except Alaska), the District of Columbia, and one U.S. territory. Thirty-four vaping deaths have been confirmed in 24 states: Alabama, California (3[...]

Is Your Doctor Being Paid By A Drug Company Or Medical Device Company?

October 19, 2019

ProPublica reported on October 17, 2019 in an article entitled “We Found Over 700 Doctors Who Were Paid More Than a Million Dollars by Drug and Medical Device Companies” that “More than 2,500 physicians have received at least half a million dollars apiece from drugmakers and medica[...]

CMS To Begin Placing Alert Icon On Nursing Home Compare Website For Nursing Homes Where Abuse Has Been Reported

October 8, 2019

CMS announced on October 7, 2019 that “[l]ater this month, CMS will – for the first time – display a consumer alert icon next to nursing homes that have been cited for incidents of abuse, neglect, or exploitation for nursing homes on its Nursing Home Compare website … Previously, con[...]

CDC Updates Number Of Vaping Lung Disease Cases, Now Over 1,000

October 5, 2019

On October 3, 2019, the CDC announced an update regarding the number of confirmed and probable lung injury cases and vaping deaths associated with e-cigarette product use in the United States. The CDC announced that as of October 1, 2019, there were 1,080 confirmed and probable lung injury cases ass[...]

Study: Electronic Health Records (EHR) Contributing More To Medical Malpractice Claims

September 15, 2019

A recently conducted analysis undertaken by The Doctors Company, the largest medical malpractice insurance company owned by physicians, reported: “This type of EHR-related medical malpractice suit is becoming more common. For eight years, claims in which the use of EHRs contributed to patient [...]

Death Statistics For The United States (2017)

September 11, 2019

A total of 2,813,503 resident deaths were registered in the United States in 2017. The 10 leading causes accounted for 74.0% of all deaths in the United States in 2017. In 2017, the 10 leading causes of death (heart disease, cancer, unintentional injuries, chronic lower respiratory diseases, stroke,[...]

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