May 18, 2017
It’s Not Just Profit Wrecking America’s Healthcare System Dartmouth University Researchers recommend following the money to capture efficiencies.
Mortality
In one-quarter of the country, girls born today may live shorter lives than their mothers, and the country as a whole is falling behind other industrialized nations in the march toward longer life, according to a study just released by the Institute for Health Metrics. Life expectancy by county in the U.S. varies as much as […]
April 28, 2017
Healthnet and Indiana University Settle $18M Quality Fraud Case
April 27, 2017
What will your medical care look like when the time comes? Inequality In American Health Care: The Lancet
Peer Review
In January of 2005, a local court granted a Motion to Compel against a Hospital and its physicians – ordering them to produce discovery responses to written questions (interrogatories) and requests for documents (requests for production). Orders like this are routine – they are entered every day in all kinds of cases. What made this […]
Lee Memorial or Lee Health?
Earlier on this blog, we explored the roots of a local public hospital. See, the January 9, 16 and 23rd blog posts on this blog (Daily and Weekly). We also explored the same public hospital’s public relations campaign and name change following a string of penalties ($2.4 million in 2016 and $2.9 million in 2014) with […]
April 5, 2007
Ted Talk On Clinical Trials: What You May Not Know Ted Talk: Inside Clinical Trials
Announcement: We Partner with TrySail Litigation Support Services
This blog tracks the challenges posed by changes in law and healthcare, focusing on serious but avoidable harms that can arise. Through our new association with TrySail Litigation Services, we are extending the services available to clients and guests alike. TrySail is an e-commerce law store, product site and online litigation support center featuring access to investigations, […]
ACA Survives As Florida Legislature Debates Abolishing PIP
Last week, Congress failed to repeal the Affordable Care Act or to replace it with a bill that would have upended Americans’ access to healthcare for the second time in the last few years. As noted on this blog, the American healthcare system has been in a never-ending state of upheaval for generations. Political “fixes” […]
March 28, 2017
Medicaid expansion in the wake of Congress’ failure to repeal and replace ACA? Republican Governors for Medicaid Expansion