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Hospital investigating after ESPN publishes football player’s medical record
When a professional football player’s medical record was published by the sports network ESPN, even those who are outside the healthcare community scratched their heads and wondered how that could happen. The hospital administration is determined to find out.
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New and increased liabilities emerging from Affordable Care Act
Risk managers should be aware that the Affordable Care Act is creating new liabilities that were not apparent when the law first took effect, says Rob Francis, COO of The Doctors Company, based in Napa, CA, and the nation’s largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer.
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Nursing home bars black nurses, loses lawsuit
When considering whether to accommodate a patient’s request regarding caregivers of a particular race, gender, or religion, the case that comes closest to setting a precedent for healthcare providers is Chaney v. Plainfield Healthcare Center, which involves a Plainfield, IN-based nursing home that forbade black nurses from treating certain patients.
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Healthcare Risk Management’ s Ebola coverage wins first place
Healthcare Risk Management has earned First Place in the Best Healthcare Interpretative or Analytical Reporting category in 2015 Specialized Information Publishers Association journalism awards for coverage of the first U.S. Ebola cases.
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Providers must tread carefully if patient objects to caregiver
Recent racial controversies have prompted some risk managers to wonder how to respond if a patient objects to the race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation of a caregiver. The situation is difficult, and labor law experts advise risk managers to step very carefully once the issue is raised.
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Decision not to operate on 2-year-old results in death and $6.25 million jury award
A 2-year-old girl died after her stomach ruptured from a recurring and treatable symptom. The girl had stomach issues in July 2009. After being sent to a second hospital, an examination of the gastrointestinal tract revealed the girl suffered from gastric volvulus, which can cause the stomach to twist on its axis.
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Failure to update a patient’s EHRs leads to $35.4 million verdict against hospital
In 2004, a female Boston Marathon runner became dizzy after completing the race. The dizziness became so severe that the woman went to the hospital seeking treatment.
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Hospitals sued over claims they limited marketing
The DOJ sued four hospital systems that it says for years unlawfully agreed to allocate territories for marketing, which it says denied consumers and physicians important information about competing providers and other benefits of unfettered competition.
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Study: Aggressive med mal increases LOS and costs
Patients who undergo spine surgery in a community known to be an aggressive malpractice environment are likely to be hospitalized longer and incur higher charges, according to a study published recently in The Spine Journal.
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243 people arrested for $712 million in false billing
In a case involving the most defendants charged and largest alleged loss amount in the history of the federal fraud task force, a nationwide sweep has led to charges against 243 individuals, including 46 doctors, nurses, and other licensed medical professionals, for their alleged participation in Medicare fraud schemes involving approximately $712 million in false billings.