The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requires healthcare employees to use or share only the “minimum necessary”...Read More »
A United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina (the “Court”) ruled in favor of a plaintiff, finding that when an...Read More »
In this 90-minute webinar, physician Jonathan Goldner, DO, MMM, FCCP, FCCM, discussed the latest developments in the conundrum of how to cope with aging providers and provided tips for developing an aging practitioner policy at your organization. Attendees learned how aging affects both medical...
Tennessee-based Ballad Health dismissed Nathan Smith, MD, a cardiothoracic surgeon who invited then-CEO of Bristol Regional Medical Center Greg...Read More »
The United States District Court for the State of Connecticut (the “Court”) granted a motion to compel discovery, finding that in certain cases,...Read More »
In a monumental decision last week, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action...Read More »
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division (the “Court”) dismissed most of a claim but allowed a...Read More »
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (the “Court”) affirmed a Maryland district court’s granting of summary judgment, finding...Read More »
The bedrock of the medical staff due process manual is a federal statute named the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (HCQIA). As with...Read More »