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 practice physicians in an increasingly...
View ArticleMalpractice 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 they fear malpractice...
View ArticleLegal 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 article discusses the concept of...
View ArticlePhysicians 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 Medicare enrollment and revoke Medicare billing...
View ArticleInvestigating 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 use of surveillance and other investigative...
View ArticleThe 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 is the over-prescription of such pain medications as...
View ArticleSupreme 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 the nation’s highest court. The Supreme Court on...
View ArticleAMA 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 stance as the Trump administration and...
View ArticleEMR 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...
View ArticleWithout RBG, Threats To The ACA, Reproductive Rights Heighten
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...
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