Debt Collectors Roam Hospital Departments And Patient Rooms
April 28, 2012
In a scathing compliance review report issued by Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson on April 24, 2012 entitled “Violations of Federal and State Debt Collection Laws,” the hospital debt collection practices of a large health care debt-collection company called Accretive Health, Inc.[...]
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Sexual Abuse Of Nursing Home Resident Alleged In Minnesota
March 26, 2012
A disturbing case of alleged sexual abuse of a nursing home resident in Minnesota is even more egregious because the former nursing home staff member had been investigated for prior alleged incidences of sexual abuse in other nursing homes. Minnesota officials investigated the sexual abuse allegatio[...]
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Minnesota Medical Malpractice Caused Choking Death
February 9, 2012
A Minnesota nursing home resident choked to death on March 18, 2011 while eating fruit from his dinner tray because the nursing home staff failed to supervise the 90-year-old man while he was eating, as they were required to do because of the man’s known swallowing problems. A nursing ass[...]
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Psychologist Malpractice
January 18, 2012
A 31-year-old Minnesota woman has filed a medical malpractice case against her former psychologist and others in Missouri, alleging that the psychologist implanted her with false memories in order to run up her treatment bills that were being paid by her health insurance company. The woman spent six[...]
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States With The Fewest Medical Malpractice Claims In 2010
September 24, 2011
Yesterday’s blog posting listed the states in the United States with the most (over 100) paid medical malpractice claims for 2010. Today we name the states with fewer than 100 paid medical malpractice claims for 2010. Those states are: Alabama had 49 paid medical malpractice claims in 2010 tha[...]
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