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Florida Appellate Court Affirms No Liability For EMT Posting Patient’s Trauma Photos

April 30, 2026

On May 28, 2022, Jose Lopez Canizares was riding his motorcycle when he was involved in an accident and transported to Florida Kendall Hospital. When Canizares arrived, he was cared for by emergency medical technicians (“EMT”) Alex Marcovich and Cole Bouza. During treatment, EMT Marcovich took a[...]

AMA Releases Two Reports Regarding Medical Malpractice

April 29, 2026

According to a press release from the American Medical Association on April 27, 2026: “New research studies from the American Medical Association (AMA) reveal that many physicians face a significant risk of being sued during their careers. The ever-present risk of lawsuits—even when no error[...]

$1.5M Virginia Failure-To-Refer Medical Malpractice Verdict Overturned On Appeal

April 23, 2026

The plaintiff in a Virginia medical malpractice case who suffered loss of sight in one eye after eye surgery had an expert in ophthalmology and cataract surgery testify during trial that the defendant eye surgeon stimulated inflammation, eye pressure, and the possibility for a retinal tear in the pl[...]

Federal Health Insurers Denied 1-In-5 In-Network Claims

April 2, 2026

A CBS News analysis of about 1.3 billion federal health insurance claims during a three-year period found that insurers denied 19% on in-network claims in 2024. In 2022, the largest health care insurer, United Healthcare, denied approximately one-third of federal health insurance claims. United Heal[...]

Study Found Obesity Linked To Severe And Fatal Infections In Adults

April 1, 2026

A recent study found that obesity was linked to a higher risk for infection-related hospitalizations and death: “Adult obesity is a risk factor for infection-related hospitalisations [sic] and mortality across diverse pathogen types, populations, and baseline clinical profiles, with evidence s[...]

Kaiser Family Foundation Report On Health Care Claim Denials By Insurers In 2023

March 7, 2026

The 2023 KFF Survey of Consumer Experiences with Health Insurance found that 58% of insured adults said they have experienced a problem using their health insurance, including denied claims. Four in ten (39%) of those who reported having trouble paying medical bills said that denied claims[...]

The Christ Hospital Agrees To Settle Alleged Disclosure Of Protected Health Information

November 14, 2025

A settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit against The Christ Hospital related to the alleged disclosure of protected health information. Plaintiffs alleged that The Christ Hospital maintained web properties through which it encouraged patients to exchange communications to search for a[...]

NPDB Public Use Data File

October 5, 2025

The National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) is a tool used in efforts to protect patients from incompetent, unprofessional, and often dangerous health care practitioners. Since its creation in 1986, the NPDB collects reports on medical malpractice payments, certain medical review actions, and sanctio[...]

Diagnostic Errors In Office-Based Medical Practices

September 26, 2025

Coverys, a national leader in medical professional liability insurance, published a white paper in August 2025 entitled “Hidden In Plain Sight Exposing The Drivers Of Diagnostic Error,” the second in a three-part series, that investigated diagnostic errors or omissions during office-base[...]

Study: Physicians With Higher Patient Complaints More Likely To Accept Payments From Industry

September 19, 2025

Patient Advocacy Reporting System (PARS) The Patient Advocacy Reporting System (PARS), developed at the Vanderbilt Center for Patient and Professional Advocacy, is a reporting and intervention system based on unsolicited patient complaints (UPCs). Complaints reported to the PARS include those r[...]

The Joint Commission’s Sentinel Event Review For 2024

September 15, 2025

What Is A Sentinel Event? The Joint Commission defines a sentinel event as a patient safety event (not primarily related to the natural course of the patient’s illness or underlying condition) that reaches a patient and results in: Death Permanent harm (regardless of severity of harm) Sev[...]

New Jersey Appellate Court Finds Plaintiff’s Expert In Medical Malpractice Case Was Unqualified

August 10, 2025

N.J.S.A. 2A:53A-41 requires that a person executing an AOM (affidavit of merit) be licensed as a physician or other health care professional in the United States and meet detailed criteria. The statute provides that if the defendant against whom the AOM is offered is a “specialist or subspecia[...]

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