Negligence and Medical Malpractice

In the medical malpractice arena, physicians and providers often are sued for negligence. Upon investigation, it turns out that the subsequent treater’s treatment was negligent or compounded the problem. Yet, … Continued

Inaccurate Reports / Biopsies / Results

Please beware of new EMR software. Two different cases have had scenarios of various tests results being so off that the physician got in trouble for the obviously incorrect results. … Continued

Debt Collections

Debt collection has become an important fact of life for today’s health care provider. You must be careful that you are following the law when attempting to collect debts owed … Continued

On Call Documentation

Many of you are on call every few days. You will sometimes get a phone call in the middle of the night from the hospitalist covering your patient. Whatever your … Continued

Chaperones

I know we have been down this path before. However, recent news dictates a revisit. The easiest way for the practitioner to avoid charges of licentious conduct with a patient, … Continued

Employment Contracts

It is that time of year again that many employment contracts are being offered to departing residents and fellows. Most of these new physicians do not know the difference between … Continued