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| FALL 2000 |
Managed Care Organizations (MCO) |
•
Class Action Suits Involving Managed Care
• Managed Care Organizations (MCO)
Cardiac
Medical-Surgical
Mental
Health
References |
The
not so distant thunder you may be hearing is the
reform taking place in the health care system. It
is becoming increasingly difficult to read the
news without reading about the collapse of a
health plan, shrinking pharmacy benefits
coverage, withdrawals from Medicare managed care
or health plan litigation. After a decade of the
proliferation of managed care, patients,
physicians and health groups have said
“ENOUGH!”...
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| WINTER 2000 |
Medical Errors |
•Medical
errors
Institute of Medicine
Report
Delay-in-Diagnosis |
It
was shocking to many to read the 1999 Institute
of Medicine (IOM) report “To Err is Human:
Building a Safer Health System” and learn
that tens of thousands of Americans die each year
as a result of medical errors. The Physician
Insurers Association of America (PIAA), a trade
association of physician-owned malpractice
carriers, states that failure-to-diagnose
represents one-fifth of all negligence and
malpractice claims.
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| SPRING 2001 |
Independent Medical Examinations |
•Independent
Medical Examinations
Purpose
of IME
Specific
Issues
Selecting
an IME Physician
Content
of IME and what to look for
Brief Summaries/Reviews of IME Related Cases
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Independent
Medical Examinations (IME) may represent two ends
of a spectrum. On one end may be a very thorough,
impartial, definitive evaluation of a client's
past, present and future course of treatment and
recovery. Another IME may be a cursory,
boilerplate version of a medical evaluation.
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| FALL 2001 |
Pediatric Errors |
•Medical
Errors
Sedation
Errors
House Staff
Critical Care
Pediatricians |
Pediatrics
settlements are twice that of any other medical
specialty. Not only are infants and children at
greatest risk for medical error, but the
significance of errors is magnified by the
implication of life-long medical expenses and
loss of productivity....
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| SUMMER 2002 |
EMTALA |
•EMTALA
Requirements
Transferring patients
Controversies
Violations
Cases of Interest
Changes in EMTALA rules
Conclusion |
This
organization has spawned more appellate-level
litigation concerning the rendering of emergency
services than any other legal source in our
history.
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| FALL 2002 |
Laparoscopic Lawsuits |
•Laparoscopy
Urologic
Gynecologic
Autopsy
Cholecystectomy
Myths of Laparoscopic Surgery
Conclusion |
Professional
liability insurance carriers have seen an
increase number of claims and complications with
serious or fatal sequelae associated with
laparoscopic procedures and various types of
laser procedures.
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| SPRING 2003 |
Nursing Home Care |
•Nursing
Home Care
Deaths
Signs of
Abuse
Nursing
Home Reform
Malpractice
Increasing
Medical
Issues
Community
Resources |
"It's homicide. Don't
sugarcoat it. Enormous numbers of patients are
being killed in nursing homes throughout the
country. "
Dr. Di Maio
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| SUMMER 2003 |
Thromboembolism |
•Thromboembolism
Clinical
presentation
Diagnostic
Testing
Therapy
PE
Airlinelitigation
PE
Malpractice |
Mortality
and morbidity rates from venous thromboembolism
are best described in two words: substantial and
unacceptable.
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| WINTER 2004 |
Neurological Outcomes of
Pregnancy |
•Neurological
Outcomes of Pregnancy
Clinical Conditions: NE/CP
Essential
Criteria Litigation
Trends Future
impact on
Litigation Life
Care Planning Issues |
We
now know that less than 10% of neurologic
impairments in newborns are the result of
intrapartum events and of these, the majority
were not preventable.
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