This is the third (of five) ‘Sense’ posts (Click here for ‘Seeing’ from two weeks ago) on how litigation unfolds, according to our five senses. These were interrupted by Hurricane Irma. The sense of smell can be extraordinarily evocative, bringing back pictures as sharp as photographs of scenes that had left the conscious mind. – Thalassa Cruso […]
Evanston Insurance Company tries to avoid indemnity for South Carolina Nursing Home employing fake physican. #QualityFraud Evanston-Summary-Judgment-Order.pd
Few Outcome Measures Meet Criteria for Assessing Accuracy and Validity, According to Two Joint Commission Executives I blog about deaths from negligence and medical error being under reported. I also blog about Joint Commission procedures and the secrecy of peer review proceedings. Maybe the authorities are beginning to come around to my way of thinking.
More on Compounding Pharmacies. Quality Fraud & Compounding Pharmacies: microbial infections
My chosen profession has been under attack (literally) my entire professional life. The year I took the Florida Bar (1987), President George Herbert Walker Bush declared war on “tassled loafed lawyers” as he pushed for tort reform sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and other business and special interest organizations. His son, Jeb Bush, later […]
Yesterday marked World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. Much of the elder abuse in America happens in assisted living facilities and nursing homes. I am experienced in investigating and litigating these cases. They involve the application of special rules and statutes. Please call if you have questions. World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
On a topic we have been covering with reference to our data breach class action cases, The Health Care Industry Cybersecurity Task Force finds lax compliance. REPORT ON IMPROVING CYBERSECURITY IN THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY
Dartmouth study on reigning in healthcare costs This chart on the left (in the article linked above) was originally created by the Kaiser Foundation and is now outdated (as shown in the chart on the right) – largely because the cost of drugs, medical devices and hospitalizations has skyrocketed. As a percentage, the amount we spend on primary […]
What will your medical care look like when the time comes? Inequality In American Health Care: The Lancet
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 […]
