This cross-sectional study evaluates the association of a research publication describing hospital lawsuits filed against patients for unpaid medical
Joseph Hospital and the California Attorney General’s office have reached a temporary agreement in a case alleging the Catholic-owned hospital in Humboldt County violated multiple state laws by denying emergency abortion care to pregnant patients. Last month, Attorney General Rob Bonta sued Providence...
Topics discussed include issues surrounding the classification of patients as either inpatient or outpatient on an observation status and its impact on the Medicare coverage for beneficiaries who need post-hospital services, and lawsuits filed against the HHS over the use of observation status.Blevins...
Topics discussed include issues surrounding the classification of patients as either inpatient or outpatient on an observation status and its impact on the Medicare coverage for beneficiaries who need post-hospital services, and lawsuits filed against the HHS over the use of observation status....
Arkansas hospitals join opioid lawsuits Will hospitals get their fair share of legal awards against opioid makers? Nearly 30 Texas-based hospitals sue J&J, Purdue, CVS and more over opioid epidemic 13 Kentucky health systems sue pharmacies, drug makers over the opioid crisis ...
The back and forth erupted in what is one of the last remaining lawsuits against the hospital from the loss of more than 4,000 frozen eggs and embryos in March 2018. That failure and a second one the same day at a fertility clinic in San Francisco were the biggest such losses on record...
It also alleges Lauf restricted the use of a cerebral protection device used in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR) deemed to be at high risk for periproceduralstroketo only those patients whose insurance reimbursed at higher rates....
In the battle against infectious disease, sterilization of medical instrumentation is one of the most important steps to keeping patients safe. Various methods are used in modern hospitals to sterilize equipment, from steam sterilization to hydrogen peroxide. However, the most effective tool remains ...
Commonly Filed Birth Injury Lawsuits There are many ways that birth injuries can happen. With their lawyers, the victim must gather medical records, and conduct an investigation so that parents can be fairly compensated for their heartbreak, financial loss, and other damages. While no money can ...
Considering the data stored on the HMS of hospital records and patients' case histories, any leak of information may lead to potentially devastating outcomes such as lawsuits and other financial repercussions. Keeping the security of data in mind, a hospital should create policies of collecting, ...