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 […]
When I started practicing law in 1988, there was only one advertiser in town. His office was in Hollywood, Florida and his tag line was, “the light is always on”. I used to think about the abuse his cleaning staff may have endured for forgetting not to turn the light off at night. Later, other […]
$21 Million South Florida Quality and Billing Fraud
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 […]
Florida Legislature Considering Prejudgment Interest for Successful Plaintiffs Prejudgment Interest for Plaintiffs?
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, […]
Last night, I attended the Town Hall meeting at Dunbar High School on the years-long investigation into the Fort Myers Police Department conducted by the Freeh Group (run by Judge Louis Freeh, ex-FBI Director, who also conducted the Penn State investigation). The findings are sobering and the community reasonably concerned about follow-through on holding elected […]
More news in the wake of the failure to repeal the ACA. More access to healthcare? New Medicaid Expansions http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/death-of-obamacare-repeal-could-spur-new-medicaid-expansions_us_58d99531e4b018c4606ab8b7
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” […]
Medicaid expansion in the wake of Congress’ failure to repeal and replace ACA? Republican Governors for Medicaid Expansion
