Legal Considerations

California will become the latest state to enact a law cracking down on physicians who engaged in sexual misconduct with a patient. The new law,...Read More »

The California Court of Appeals (the “Court”) affirmed a trial court’s decision striking a physician’s complaint that a hospital falsely reported...Read More »

Find out what’s happening in the world of federal healthcare regulations by reviewing some recent headlines from across the country....Read More »

The conviction of former Vanderbilt University Medical Center nurse RaDonda Vaught in March for negligent homicide and gross neglect of an...Read More »

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...Read More »

A recent study in Health Affairs found that physicians are...Read More »

A recent study published in Health Affairs found that physicians with disabilities are much more likely to report mistreatment while on...Read More »

The Court of Appeals of Washington (the “Court”) affirmed a trial court’s decision in favor of a medical school that rescinded an employment offer...Read More »

The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (PSQIA) established a voluntary reporting system designed to enhance the data available to...Read More »

The No Surprises Act may have the unintended effect of causing millions more emergency department (ED) visits, according to a study from the...Read More »