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Verdicts
July 02, 2015
Analysis of the latest key rulings.
<b><i>BREAKING NEWS:</b></i> Health Care Law Subsidies Survive Supreme Court Challenge
June 25, 2015
The U.S. Supreme Court on June 25 upheld federal health insurance subsidies for an estimated 6.4 million moderate and low-income Americans.
Med Mal News
June 02, 2015
A Georgia hospital is appealing a lost medical malpractice case by arguing that the jurors should not have been permitted to feel the plaintiff's hands to see if one of them was cold ' an indication that he was suffering from the pain syndrome he complained of.
GA Court: New Expert Can Be Substituted In, Even at Late Date
June 02, 2015
What happens to the plaintiff who learns late in the lawsuit process that his expert is not up to snuff? The Supreme Court of Georgia recently clarified the answer to this question for one set of plaintiffs whose originally proferred expert was deemed ineligible to offer a valid opinion.
Drug & Device News
June 02, 2015
Items about marijuana laws and choice of law
Drawing the Line Between Fact- and Expert-Witness Testimony
June 02, 2015
As is often the case in product liability lawsuits, the recent bellwether trial in the Risperdal litigation involved several disputes about the admissibility of expert testimony. However, one such dispute is notable because the "expert" testimony in question was actually from a fact witness.
New Anti-Kickback Law 'Safe Harbors' Proposed
June 02, 2015
The problems of poor-quality or unnecessary care were caused, in part, by the fee-for-service payment system that was in effect for generations. The fee-for-service model unfortunately offered the wrong incentives to dishonest or poor-quality providers to maximize revenue by maximizing services regardless of the quality or the medical necessity of the services provided.
Verdicts
May 02, 2015
Discussion of two recent important rulings.
Violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS)
May 02, 2015
TheUnited States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently held that merely "authorizing" medically necessary services can constitute illegally "referring" patients under the AKS, if improper payments are made to the authorizing doctor.
Med Mal News
May 02, 2015
Discussion of a case in which the Judge cleared up the intersection of MCARE and the Tort Claims Act.

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