Some attorneys will go to unprofessional lengths to serve their clients. Often, these shakedown tactics come at the doctor’s expense. Maintain your guard. Don’t fall for these bluffs.
Legal
Everyday Legal Questions Physicians Ask
Can you prescribe for family? What happens if a payer demands a refund three years later? Our Legal Blogs tackle routine yet critical issues—self-prescribing, contract renewals, sham peer review defenses, and medical record ownership—using real complaints, board orders, and court opinions as teaching tools.
Current Cases & Court Commentary
When an appellate court clarifies peer-review immunity or a state supreme court limits punitive damages, we translate the opinion into practical next steps: adjust bylaws language, revisit informed-consent language, or refine incident-reporting practices. Posts avoid dense legalese and focus on how rulings might influence documentation, credentialing, and professional liability.
Contracts, Employment, & Corporate Practice
From negotiating call-coverage stipends to spotting restrictive non-compete clauses, articles guide physicians through employment and partnership contracts. We also examine corporate-practice-of-medicine rules, covering management-service agreements, fee-splitting prohibitions, and telemedicine ownership structures.
Licensure & Professional Discipline
The blog discusses board investigations stemming from social-media missteps, substance-use allegations, and documentation irregularities. We help physicians respond promptly, assemble supportive records, and protect due-process rights.
Administrative Law & Compliance Basics
Expect discussions of Stark, Anti-Kickback Statute safe harbors, Medicare enrollment revocations, and false-claims liability—presented with examples relevant to office-based specialists and hospital-employed physicians alike.
How Does a Malpractice Lawsuit Affect You?
Medical Justice Founder and CEO, Dr. Jeffrey Segal, describes what it was like for him, and how his experiences on the receiving end of a frivolous lawsuit shaped the way Medical Justice protects its clients today…
How Often Are Good Doctors Sued?
99% of surgeons will become embroiled in a malpractice lawsuit before age 65. Medical Justice exists to help those 99% navigate med-mal suits safely – by stopping them before they start.
What Services Does Medical Justice Offer Doctors?
Whether you’re expecting a lawsuit or already in the middle of one, Medical Justice can cover you. We’ve protected over 12,000 doctors from frivolous lawsuits by offering these three programs.
Nursing Home Sues Law Firm Over Ads
A friend and colleague, Doug Wojcieszak, recently posted an article on his blog, Sorry Works, about responding to criticism in health care. Actually, it was more than just criticism. A law firm ran ads soliciting plaintiffs against a nursing home. The nursing home sued the law firm. The story and Doug’s response are worth reading. … Read more
Who’s Your Daddy?
I may not be clairvoyant. But I know one family that will receive a gigantic check soon. A 29-year-old woman had been in a persistent vegetative state for about ten years. She was involved in a near drowning incident. Unbeknownst to the staff at Hacienda Healthcare, a long-term care facility, the patient was pregnant. She … Read more
68 Laws of the ER
Every now and then you read a piece about life in the medical trenches that fully hits the mark. Dr. Rada Jones is an Emergency Physician who did precisely that. She penned the 68 Laws of the ER. The best way for me to do it justice is to present it as is without editorial … Read more
Can NC Physicians Legally Prescribe Meds to Suffering Terminally Ill Patients to Precipitate a Peaceful Death?
The answer is likely yes. More on that shortly. One role of the physician is to relieve suffering. Adult patients, who are mentally competent and terminally ill, sometimes implore their physicians to help them achieve a more peaceful death to alleviate either actual or impending suffering. The US Supreme Court in Washington versus Glucksberg tackled this issue and refrained from finding … Read more
Fire Her and Yank Her License
Most physicians treat it as a privilege. They appreciate being given the responsibility of earning a patient’s trust and caring for them. In reality, once a physician has passed the requirements to practice medicine, it is a qualified right. If the physician conforms to established norms, they are allowed to continue practice. The vast majority … Read more
Is Facebook Engaged in the Practice of Medicine?
What is considered the practice of medicine? In the seminal 1964 Supreme Court case which litigated the threshold definition of obscenity, Justice Potter Stewart opined: “I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced within that shorthand description [“hard-core pornography”], and perhaps I could never succeed in … Read more
