Disclosing Medical Errors – How To Do It Right
Medical Justice provides consultations to doctors facing medico-legal obstacles. We have solutions for doctor-patient conflicts, unwarranted demands for refunds, online defamation (patient review mischief), meritless litigation, and a gazillion other issues. We also provide counsel specific to COVID-19. If you are navigating a medico-legal obstacle, visit … Read more
Medical Records: How Long Should They Be Retained?
Medical Justice provides consultations to doctors facing medico-legal obstacles. We have solutions for doctor-patient conflicts, unwarranted demands for refunds, online defamation (patient review mischief), meritless litigation, and a gazillion other issues. We also provide counsel specific to COVID-19. If you are navigating a medico-legal obstacle, visit … Read more
Dealing with Medical Board Complaints: Part I
Ask doctors what they fear the most and almost all will say being sued for malpractice, but another challenge poses no less a risk to their careers: a complaint to a state medical board. Filing a complaint requires no more from an aggrieved patient or … Read more
How to Respond to Negative Patient Reviews: A Doctor’s Complete Guide
First, a brief but necessary introduction: Negative patient reviews are a fact of life. You can’t avoid them, and you shouldn’t ignore them. Instead, deal with them by leveraging the techniques you’ve honed as a physician – diagnose the problem, synthesize a cure, and administer … Read more
Dealing with Medical Board Complaints: Part II
In Part One, published last week, we went over high-level issues related to board complaints. Now, let’s look at specific scenarios. You receive notice of a complaint by a patient and a request for all their records. You recognize that this is a patient with … Read more
So, You Want to Set Up a Satellite Surgical Office in a Neighboring Community. What Could Go Wrong?
Medical Justice provides consultations to doctors facing medico-legal obstacles. We have solutions for doctor-patient conflicts, unwarranted demands for refunds, online defamation (patient review mischief), meritless litigation, and a gazillion other issues. We also provide counsel specific to COVID-19. If you are navigating a medico-legal obstacle, visit … Read more
Psychiatrist Convicted of Exploiting Vulnerable Patients in $112 Million Addiction Treatment Fraud Scheme
Medical Justice provides consultations to doctors facing medico-legal obstacles. We have solutions for doctor-patient conflicts, unwarranted demands for refunds, online defamation (patient review mischief), meritless litigation, and a gazillion other issues. We also provide counsel specific to COVID-19. If you are navigating a medico-legal obstacle, visit … Read more
Frankenstein Mail Fraud: Colorado Funeral Home Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Human Remains
Medical Justice provides consultations to doctors facing medico-legal obstacles. We have solutions for doctor-patient conflicts, unwarranted demands for refunds, online defamation (patient review mischief), meritless litigation, and a gazillion other issues. We also provide counsel specific to COVID-19. If you are navigating a medico-legal obstacle, visit … Read more
$111 Million Shock Verdict: Orthopedic Hospital Sued by Injured Student Athlete. Will He Collect?
Medical Justice provides consultations to doctors facing medico-legal obstacles. We have solutions for doctor-patient conflicts, unwarranted demands for refunds, online defamation (patient review mischief), meritless litigation, and a gazillion other issues. We also provide counsel specific to COVID-19. If you are navigating a medico-legal obstacle, visit … Read more
What Does Med Mal Taste Like? Cancer, Probably. Dentist Sued for $6.6 Million After Patient Loses Half His Tongue.
Medical Justice provides consultations to doctors facing medico-legal obstacles. We have solutions for doctor-patient conflicts, unwarranted demands for refunds, online defamation (patient review mischief), meritless litigation, and a gazillion other issues. We also provide counsel specific to COVID-19. If you are navigating a medico-legal obstacle, visit … Read more
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