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CMS Finalizes New Mandatory Drug Payment Model To Deliver Lower Drug Prices For Beneficiaries In Original Medicare Part B

October 9, 2026

CMS announced the following on September 30, 2026: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is finalizing a groundbreaking drug payment model to address the increasingly expensive cost of drugs in Original Medicare Part B while preserving or enhancing Medicare beneficiaries’ quality [...]

When Is A Medical Complication Medical Malpractice?

December 16, 2024

When we use the the term medical complication, we typically are referring to an unplanned or unexpected outcome from medical treatment. All medical care and treatment involve risks, such as developing an infection after surgery. While most risks of medical treatment are known and can be avoided with[...]

Why Do Doctors Make Errors?

December 15, 2024

We recently did an AI internet search on the question “Why Do Doctors Make Errors?” and the following was the result of that search: Doctors can make errors due to a variety of factors including: burnout from stress and workload, inadequate training or experience, communication brea[...]

How Do You Prove Medical Malpractice?

October 9, 2024

In general, medical malpractice occurs when a medical provider breaches the standard of care applicable under the circumstances and the breach leads to provable harm. The standard of care is generally defined as what a reasonably competent medical provider would do/not do under the circumstances. Es[...]

Medical Malpractice Attorneys Near Me

September 13, 2024

A Google search for the term “medical malpractice attorneys near me” will result in “Sponsored” results at the top of the search results. What are Sponsored results? Google’s AI response to that question is telling: “Google sponsored results are paid advertis[...]

Are Medical Malpractice Settlements Taxable?

September 10, 2024

According to the IRS, the general rule regarding taxability of amounts received from settlement of lawsuits and other legal remedies is Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 61. This section states all income is taxable from whatever source derived, unless exempted by another section of the code. IRC [...]

Who Can I Sue For Medical Malpractice?

September 7, 2024

You suspect (or know) that you or a family member have suffered injury (harm) as a result of a medical error (either something was done that should not have been done, or something should have been done that wasn’t done). Who’s responsible? Who do you sue? Sometimes the answer seems obvi[...]

What Is My Medical Malpractice Claim Worth?

August 14, 2024

Medical malpractice claims, which allege that medical providers failed to comply with the standard of care expected of reasonably competent similar medical providers under the same or similar circumstances, range from catastrophic birth injuries that will require expensive 24/7 medical care for life[...]

HHS Proposes Rule Establishing Disincentives For Health Care Providers That Have Committed Information Blocking

January 7, 2024

On October 30, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a proposed rule for public comment that would establish disincentives for health care providers found by the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) to have committed information blocking – when a provider[...]

Illinois Governor Grants Blanket, All-Encompassing Immunity To Many Health Care Professionals For Their Medical Negligence During COVID-19 Crisis

April 10, 2020

On April 1 (April Fools’ Day), 2020, Illinois’ Governor issued Executive Order 2020-19 which provides, in part: “I direct that during the pendency of the Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamations, Health Care Professionals, as defined in Section 1 of this Executive Order, shall be immun[...]

Indiana Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Nurse Practitioner With Regard To Timeliness Of Medical Malpractice Claim

December 14, 2019

The Court of Appeals of Indiana (“Indiana Appellate Court”), in its opinion dated November 21, 2019, reversed the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendant nurse practitioner (“NP”), finding that there was a genuine issue of material fact as to w[...]

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