Ginsburg’s death throws an already chaotic general election campaign during a pandemic into more turmoil. But in the longer term, her absence from the bench could accelerate a trend underway to get cases to the Supreme Court toward invalidating the ACA and rolling back reproductive freedoms for women.
Read More »EMR Documentation Issues During the COVID-19 Pandemic
As hospitals are overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients and staff are stretched to their limits, electronic medical record (EMR) documentation may suffer as a result of rushed, less detailed and error-prone entries. In the current medical malpractice climate, it is very important to maintain an accurate chart.
Read More »AMA Abortion Lawsuit Puts Doctors In The Thick Of Debate
The American Medical Association is suing North Dakota to block two abortion-related laws, the latest signal the doctors’ group is shifting to a more aggressive ...
Read More »Supreme Court Declines To Hear Military Medical Malpractice Case
The family of a young Navy nurse who died after military doctors allegedly failed to halt massive bleeding following childbirth won’t get a hearing in ...
Read More »The Case for Scrupulous Documentation when Prescribing Opioids
By Joseph M. Gorrell Opioid abuse is becoming epidemic in the U.S., with more than 90 people dying each day of overdoses. A significant factor ...
Read More »Investigating Your Disability Claim
By Mark F. Seltzer, Esq. In prior articles I have written for Physicians’ News Digest, I have brought to your attention your Disability Insurance Company’s ...
Read More »Physicians Beware: CMS May Deny or Revoke Medicare Provider Privileges
By Victoria H. Johnson and Edward J. Cyran On February 3, 2015, the authority of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to deny ...
Read More »Legal Issues of Removing Patient From Practice Explored
(HealthDay News) — The legal and ethical responsibilities of removing a patient from practice are discussed in an article published March 16 in Medical Economics. The ...
Read More »Malpractice Fears Lead Most ER Docs to Order Unnecessary Tests
By Dennis Thompson, HealthDay Reporter (HealthDay News) — Nearly all emergency room doctors surveyed order pricey MRIs or CT scans their patients may not need, mainly because ...
Read More »How Can Concierge Doctors Protect Themselves Against Demanding Patients?
Concierge medicine and medical malpractice: the two phrases don’t even seem to belong together in the same sentence. Concierge medicine — the “refuge” of private ...
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