Caution: Writing a Letter of Recommendation
The doctor who wrote the letter of recommendation was not dropped from the lawsuit, due to his glowing report....
Litigating in the Cyber Age
Information that you post for friends or colleagues may well end up as a piece of evidence in a trial....
Practices’ Define Payment Policies
"From a liability standpoint, there's always some degree of danger if patients come in to be seen and they are refused, but if you have a standard policy and everybody knows what it is, that practice may be within its rights," said Michael Sacopulos, a partner with the law firm Sacopulos, Johnson & ...
Texas Enacts a New Patient Privacy Law
Notably, the new law bans the for profit sale of PHI, requires employees of covered entities to undergo training regarding health privacy law, requires that health care providers supply individuals with access to their PHI within 15 days of a request, increases penalties for the wrongful electronic ...