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Electronic Health Records (EHRs) Are A Curse To Both Health Care Providers And Patients

April 16, 2019

Kaiser Health News (KHN) recently reported in an article entitled Death By 1,000 Clicks: Where Electronic Health Records Went Wrong the results of “a months-long joint investigation by KHN and Fortune has found that instead of streamlining medicine, the government’s EHR [Electronic Health Re[...]

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[...]

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 [...]

How Does The Affordable Care Act Affect Me? (Part I)

May 7, 2013

The Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) requires most U.S. citizens and legal residents to have health insurance and creates state-based American Health Benefit Exchanges (“AHBE”) through which individuals can purchase coverage. The ACA makes available to individuals and to families[...]

Affordable Care Act Will Raise Health Care Claims Costs By 32% By 2017

March 28, 2013

In a report issued by the Society of Actuaries earlier this month, researchers have concluded that the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) will raise health care claims costs in the United States by an average of 32% by the year 2017 (assuming that all states expand Medicaid coverage). The rese[...]

Who Pays For And Receives Health Care In the United States?

July 10, 2012

In light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision upholding as constitutional the federal health care overhaul law frequently referred to as “Obamacare,” we thought it appropriate to provide some recently released official statistics regarding health care services and the[...]

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