Cardiologists and the Infirmary Health System in Mobile, AL, needlessly exposed patients to radiation in a kickback scheme that lasted nine years and cost Medicare, Medicaid, and Tricare an estimated $522 million, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
Overhead pages are a common sound in any hospital, but no one seems to use the same terminology or codes.
Anyone facing a hospital stay probably has heard the advice: Take someone with you to lend support, ask questions, and serve as a care partner and advocate.
Electronic records bring additional risks that must be managed.
A jury in Suffolk County, NY, recently handed down the second largest malpractice verdict in the states history.
A judge recently awarded the family of an 8-year-old girl from Snoqualmie, WA, $15.2 million
