Your Colleague’s Keeper: Vicarious Liability
We continue with our series of general educational articles penned by one attorney, an MD, JD, giving you a view of the world through a malpractice plaintiff attorney’s eyes. This attorney is a seasoned veteran. The series includes a number of pearls on how to … Read more
Trial Bar’s Bonanza: COVID-19
Here’s a formula for the trial bar’s wet dream. A high frequency, high severity condition where no consensus standards are fully accepted or in place. High frequency means the “triggering event” is common. COVID-19: Check. High severity means the damages are significant. COVID-19: Check. A … Read more
A Deal is a Deal
Senator Ron Johnson’s April 23rd op-ed was a buzzkill. Even if it has zero chance of being implemented into law. More on that shortly. Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past two months, the federal government launched the largest economic stimulus package in history … Read more
Doctors, Divorce, and COVID-19
“I think it’s not fair, it’s cruel to ask me to choose between my child and the oath I took as a physician,” Dr. Theresa Greene said. “I won’t abandon my team at work or the patients who will increasingly look to me to save … Read more
COVID-19: Want to Help Via Telemedicine? You’re Immune
I’ve received a number of calls from doctors whose offices have slowed down. Elective cases have been cancelled. But these same doctors have years of experience. They want to help screen and inform patients about COVID-19. There’s a tsunami of misinformation circulating online about COVID-19. … Read more
Asset Protection and Wealth Creation for Doctors – Protect Your Nest Egg from COVID-19 with Medical Justice and the OJM Group
Before we begin, a special offer to all podcast listeners: The OJM Group has published multiple books that address wealth creation and asset protection strategies for doctors. All of their publications are diamonds. Their most recent publication – Wealth Planning for the Modern Physician – Residency … Read more
The Nation’s Largest Clinical Trial Ever. Let’s Roll.
Years ago, as a medical student, I volunteered for select medical experiments. These included vaccine trials for hepatitis B. and meningococcus. I even participated in a vaccine trial for “turista”, traveler’s diarrhea. For the capstone of that trial, I spent the weekend in a clinical … Read more
Terminating a Doctor Patient Relationship: Strategies for Safely Terminating the Relationship
A practice recently called us. They asked if they had to see a patient who just tried to schedule an appointment. The rub: the last time they saw this patient was five years ago. They wanted to know if enough time had lapsed to declare … Read more
Complacency or Crisis?
In America, we seem operate to under two modes – complacency or crisis. Not much in between. Everything’s OK until it’s not. Then we convene after the fact commissions to point fingers and prevent the same problem we missed. Remember the Rogers Commission to analyze … Read more
Pandemic, Elective Care, Urgent Care, and Informed Consent
As I write this, we are reading in the news about potential quarantines and lockdowns. In addition, there’s talk about canceling all elective surgical cases, leaving hospital operating rooms empty so beds will be available to take care of those affected by COVID-19.Have all elective … Read more
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