The party faced with a product liability lawsuit has two kinds of legal defenses; those that avoid liability, and those that decrease the extent of liability. In general, hospitals and physicians have not been held liable when a defective medical device is implanted in a patient; the...
health care organization exerts over the physician in question, to determine whether the relationship is more like that of an employer and employee (e.g., where the processes and treatment decisions are tightly prescribed by the organization, and liability may be imputed) or whether it is truly...
The party faced with a product liability lawsuit has two kinds of legal defenses; those that avoid liability, and those that decrease the extent of liability. In general, hospitals and physicians have not been held liable when a defective medical device is implanted in a patient; the rationale...
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Despite this, a company or agency that hires home health aides and contracts them out to care for patients can also be held financially responsible for the actions of its employees. This employment liability theory makes sense, because the employer-agency is actually the entity that made ...
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care has underpaid a group of autism therapy centers by at least $1 million for treatments they provided after the insurer authorized the care, according to a lawsuit filed in Massachusetts state court. January 01, 2025 Healthcare and Life Science Deals Attys Expect In ...
Liability Insurance for Health Information Professionals As health information professionals see their roles in healthcare expand, their risk of being named in a malpractice suit continues to climb. If you’re relying on your employer’s malpractice insurance to protect you from a lawsuit, you may ...
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Georgia-based Aveanna Healthcare is facing a class-action lawsuit filed by more than 100 patients impacted by a monthlong data breach from 2019. Over 166,000 patients were affected by the security incident, which breach victims claim was caused by inadequate security. ...