The precise line of where ordinary negligence ends and professional negligence begins has remained rather murky. Here's why this makes a difference.
June 28, 2011Michael C. Ksiazek
Studies that have attempted to quantify the costs of defensive medicine by looking at the impact that tort reform has had on health care savings have obtained inconsistent results.
June 28, 2011John Ratkowitz and Robert SanfilippoWho's going where; who's doing what.
May 22, 2011ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |A look at what's happening in the practice area.
May 22, 2011ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |We continue this month with our discussion of the expanded reach of the Medicare reporting requirements under the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (MMSEA), which as of January 2011 is applicable to liability insurers and self-insured entities.
May 22, 2011John L.A. Lyddane and Barbara D. GoldbergThe Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes federal law governing FCA claims in a way that gives individual plaintiffs new power to use information learned in discovery in a civil case as the basis for a qui tam case brought under the FCA.
May 22, 2011Gregory B. HellerIt is not uncommon to see a medical malpractice case arising out of treatment received in an emergency situation. State legislatures are becoming more sensitive to this litigation and the effect that it has on the cost of medical malpractice insurance, as well as access to medical treatment.
May 22, 2011Angela Forstie