Healthcare Risk Management – May 1, 2025

Violence in Hospitals Requires Multiple Strategies to Prevent, Respond

Hospitals and other healthcare facilities have been hit with multiple incidents of significant violence in recent months, illustrating the continuing need for effective prevention and response strategies.

Ransomware Goes Postal: Why Healthcare Should Take Notice

Healthcare organizations across the country recently received extortion demands through the mail claiming that their organization’s data had been stolen and demanding $250,000 to $350,000 in Bitcoin within 10 days.

Effects of Loper Bright Uncertain One Year After Ruling

A year after the Supreme Court’s ruling in Relentless v. Department of Commerce and Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the predicted challenges to healthcare compliance have not yet materialized as fully as expected, but the effects might still be felt in coming months.

Georgia Court Affirms $75 Million Verdict in Locked-In Syndrome Case

The Georgia Court of Appeals recently upheld a $75 million jury verdict in favor of a 32-year-old plaintiff who suffered a catastrophic stroke that left him with locked-in syndrome. The plaintiff had arrived at a local hospital with seizure-like symptoms following a chiropractic neck adjustment.

New Jersey Supreme Court Bars Jury from Faulting Out-of-Jurisdiction Doctor

In a recent decision, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that a jury may not allocate fault under New Jersey’s Comparative Negligence Act (CNA) to an out-of-state physician over whom the state lacks personal jurisdiction.