Trimming the Fat on the Medical Malpractice Beast
Yesterday, I gave a presentation to a roomful of medical records adminstrators at a conference put on by Lorman. The topic was Medical Records Law in New York, and I spoke about handling requests for records, via HIPAA-compliant authorizations, subpoenas, and otherwise. As I prepared for my talk, I thought back to the barely fathomable [...]
Trial Lawyers Have Already Saved Your Life
You know, doctors don’t like to admit it, but even they turn to us trial lawyers now and then, as they have this week in California. The reason? The Governator, a/k/a Arnold Schwarzenegger, exempted state hospitals from the requirement that an anesthesiologist be present when a nurse anesthetist administers anesthesia to a patient, without consulting [...]
What Tort “Reformers” in NY Don’t Want You to Know
There’s been a lot of public hand wringing by the GOP’s best spin doctors about those “runaway medical malpractice verdicts,” and their deleterious effects on the cost of healthcare, all done in the name of limiting victims’ rights to fair compensation, and helping doctors and hospitals avoid accountability for their errors. In GOP World, the [...]