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Update: Colorado's Peer Review Privilege in Peril

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UPDATE: After two rounds of amendments in 2024 and legal challenges filed with the Colorado Supreme Court, proponents withdrew the ballot measure. For the moment, Colorado’s peer review protections remain in place....more

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Texas Lawmakers Enact New Laws Reforming Texas Medical Board Disciplinary Authority and Increasing Hospital Reporting Obligations

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On June 13, 2023, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a major new patient safety bill into law that is intended both to reform the disciplinary authority of the Texas Medical Board (TMB) and to better protect patients from...more

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Better Healthcare Newsletter - October 2022

Too many women in this country suffer serious health harms or even die during pregnancy and just after. Too many infants in this country suffer serious health harms or die in the first year after they are born. There is no...more

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Trial Court Rules that Hospital's Safety Event Minutes Were Privileged Under PSQIA and State Law

Plaintiff in this case filed a lawsuit against a Wisconsin hospital resulting from an injury on hospital grounds. During discovery, plaintiff requested "all documents, communication or correspondence as it relates to...more

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North Carolina’s New “No Patient Left Alone Act” Mandates Patient Visitation Rights

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On Oct. 15, 2021, Governor Roy Cooper signed Senate Bill 191, “The No Patient Left Alone Act,” into law.  The law expressly provides that patient visitation rights in health care facilities will not be impacted during...more

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State license boards warn doctors of consequences for sexual misbehavior

Although state licensing boards have taken more than their fair share of criticism for failing to discipline bad doctors as quickly and severely as circumstances merit, regulators appear to be trying to get ahead of a problem...more

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Rich investors buy up MD practices and seek to strip patient safeguards

Wealthy investors want to enrich themselves yet more, partly by pushing doctors to oust patients from their practices unless they sign away invaluable constitutional rights. These rights can protect them if they are harmed...more

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Government indicts malpractice lawyer for allegedly trying to extort millions from Baltimore hospital

A Maryland attorney has been indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice for an alleged scheme seeking a multi-million dollar payoff by the University of Maryland Medical System. Attorney Stephen Snyder is alleged by the...more

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The Modernized South Carolina Hospital "Peer Review" Law: Mission Accomplished?

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It was a rare sight appearing before the South Carolina General Assembly during the 2012 legislative session. The South Carolina Hospital Association, the South Carolina Association for Justice (Trial Lawyers), and the South...more

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Healthcare Employers Beware: Are Late Career Practitioner Policies Discriminatory?

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As members of the healthcare industry, some of you may be aware of a situation where an aging physician whose physical or cognitive impairments (that went unnoticed or simply ignored) led to an unfavorable, or possibly...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Webinar] Telehealth During a Time of Crisis: Integrating Remote Care Delivery into Your Compliance Program - May 27th, 12:00 pm...

Main Points Covered: - The COVID-19 crisis has severely impacted our nation’s healthcare delivery system - Many who needed care were unable to access doctors, hospitals, and other healthcare providers because of...more

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OIG Issues Advisory Opinion Permitting Drug Manufacturer to Provide Travel, Lodging, and Expenses to Patients in Limited...

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On January 15, 2020, OIG issued Advisory Opinion No. 20-02 analyzing an arrangement between a pharmaceutical manufacturer and certain drug recipients whereby the manufacturer provides certain drug recipients with financial...more

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Med-Staff Newsletter - January 2020 | VOL 4

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With the New Year comes new medical staff leaders and a new set of growing pains. Contrary to what many of us believe, some simple steps can lessen the pain. ...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 28, Number 39. News Briefs: November 2019

Report on Medicare Compliance 28, no. 39 (November 4, 2019) - ? The former CEO of Putnam County Memorial Hospital in Unionville, Missouri, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, the Department...more

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3.8 Million Reasons Why Proper Process in Physician Discipline Matters

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Any avid watcher of medical dramas would tell you that a hospital always has the ability to cut ties with any doctor who is not up to snuff. (For podcast fans we highly recommend Dr. Death.) They would tell you this is...more

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How To Ensure ADA Compliance And Stay Off The EEOC’S Most-Wanted List

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Even though the #MeToo movement has rightfully commanded overwhelming attention during the past year or so, supervisors cannot afford to lose sight of their substantial legal duties in complying with the Americans with...more

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Does Physician Burnout Injure Patients? Isn’t the Time for Action Now?

Physician and healthcare worker burnout is dangerous. It is estimated that 350 doctors in the United States commit suicide every year – roughly a doctor a day. Serious medical errors are significantly increased, causing...more

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Better Healthcare Newsletter from Patrick Malone - August 2017

Medicine's dirty secret: tens of thousands suffer injury and death from preventable error - Each year tens of thousands of Americans are killed by medical mistakes and errors. These avoidable deaths and the many more...more

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Economists’ Rx for MDs’ legal wellbeing? Practice better medicine

In the battles between lawyers and doctors over malpractice lawsuits filed by patients harmed while seeking medical services, it may be worth heeding economists’ prescription for caregivers: Physicians, heal thy selves....more

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