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Miles Mediation & Arbitration

A Chance for Substantial Verdicts: Recent Georgia Medical Malpractice Cases

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every aspect of our lives, and the legal system is no exception. Court hearings went from being in-person to virtual, and court dockets swelled as cases were postponed. In 2023, the legal...more

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

Along for the Ride: Non-Patients May be Subject to MICRA's Limitations

In Lopez v. American Medical Response West (2023) Cal.Rptr.3d (2023 WL 2518511), the California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, affirmed a lower holding that the one-year statute of limitations under professional...more

Woodruff Sawyer

MICRA Reform: What It Means for California Healthcare Providers

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MICRA, or the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act of 1975, is a California statute that limits the non-economic damages portion of medical malpractice claims with the intent of reducing tort liability for healthcare...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Navigating Contract Reviews for Early Career Physicians: Insights from a Physician Contract Review Attorney

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At the conclusion of their residency or fellowship, physicians are faced with the new challenge of interviewing and negotiating their first contract. One of the first things that I hear from early career physicians who reach...more

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Responding to a Complaint to the Medical Board

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Receiving a letter from the North Carolina Medical Board (the "Board") that a complaint has been filed against you is distressing.  It often provokes a mix of emotions, ranging from anger to worry; however, it is a...more

Roetzel & Andress

Malpractice Insurance: What Physicians And Dentists Should Know About Their Coverage

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Many physicians and dentists have a lot of the same questions when it comes to malpractice insurance. What does my policy cover? Is it important to let my carrier know I practice in multiple locations? What happens to my...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Virtual Event] 20th Annual Advanced Forum on Obstetric Malpractice Claims - November 18th, 8:45 am - 6:15 pm EST

Virtual Forum on Obstetric Malpractice Claims is taking place on November 18th EST. During this one-of-a-kind event, our unparalleled faculty of claims specialists, risk managers, medical experts – as well as an outstanding...more

Roetzel & Andress

Malpractice Insurance: What Providers Need to Know

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Roetzel health law attorneys and HealthLaw HotSpot co-hosts Ericka Adler and David Hochman are joined this week by Mike Madey, the vice president of business insurance at The Horton Group, in a discussion of malpractice...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

PA Supreme Court Rules Section of MCARE Act Unconstitutional

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On October 31, 2019, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania decided Yanakos v. UPMC, et al. and declared the seven-year statute of repose under the Pennsylvania Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (“MCARE”) Act...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Should New York State Require Hospitals To Insure Medical Malpractice Claims?

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New York State does not require hospitals to insure medical malpractice claims, either through the purchase of commercial medical malpractice insurance or the establishment of an adequately funded self-insurance program. New...more

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Is there operating room for compulsory PI insurance

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Since its inception on 30 August 2010, the regulations requiring health professionals to have professional indemnity insurance have lain dormant in a state of moratorium, almost as a distant memory some do not wish to recall....more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

What is the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB)?

According to the NPDB website, it is an “electronic information repository created by Congress. It contains information on medical malpractice payments and certain adverse actions related to health care practitioners,...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Appellate Court Notes

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- SC18975 - Connecticut Ins. Guaranty Assn. v. Drown - SC18975 Concurrence - Connecticut Ins. Guaranty Assn. v. Drown - SC18975 Dissent - Connecticut Ins. Guaranty Assn. v. Drown This started as a medical...more

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