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Malpractice & Legal
Malpractice & Legal Perspectives
Malpractice Case: When Payment Should Not Be Part of the IssueDiscontinuing treatment of a patient because the patient is unable to pay can lead to a malpractice lawsuit. This case shows what physicians should do to avoid being sued for abandonment of care.
Malpractice Caps Influence CAD Testing and InterventionsPhysicians who face lower malpractice caps are willing to tolerate more clinical uncertainty with respect to coronary artery disease (CAD) testing and treatment, researchers have found.
Reuters Health Information, June 16, 2018
Utah Sues Opioid Maker Purdue Pharma After Settlement Talks StallUtah's attorney general on Thursday sued OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP to hold it responsible for its role in the opioid epidemic after he said talks to reach a settlement between various states and the drugmaker stopped being productive.
