The conviction of former Vanderbilt University Medical Center nurse RaDonda Vaught in March for negligent homicide and gross neglect of an impaired adult due to a medical error made headlines nationwide. Organizations such as the American Organization for Nursing Leadership and the American...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 31, Issue 11
A hospital can’t charge a patient for a procedure based on its chargemaster rate after mistakenly quoting her a lower cost, according to a recent decision by the Colorado Supreme Court (the “Court”).
Centura Health’s St. Anthony North Health Campus (the “Hospital”) sued the patient, Lisa...
A recent study in Health Affairs found that physicians are hesitant to treat patients with disabilities and admit to being out of compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Physicians reported...
The Court of Appeals of Washington (the “Court”) affirmed a trial court’s decision in favor of a medical school that rescinded an employment offer to a physician who failed to complete and submit her pre-employment paperwork.
The plaintiff, Roberta Bruni, MD, filed suit against the...