Malpractice & Legal

Malpractice & Legal Perspectives

Malpractice Case: When a Payer's Denials Cause Trouble Accepting a payer's denial without taking further action could put the physician in danger of a malpractice suit.
Cooperative of American Physicians, February 15, 2019
Medscape Family Physician Ethics Report 2018 Family physicians weigh in on the pressing ethical decisions that physicians face every day.
Medscape Features Slideshows, February 6, 2019

Medscape Psychiatrist Ethics Report 2018
Medscape Features Slideshows, February 6, 2019
Medscape Internist Ethics Report 2018
Medscape Features Slideshows, February 6, 2019
Malpractice Case: One Way to Defend a Missed Diagnosis
Cooperative of American Physicians, February 1, 2019
Criminal Sex Abuse or Medical Malpractice?; More
Medscape Business of Medicine, January 28, 2019

Johnson & Johnson Supplier Seeks Bankruptcy Over Talc Lawsuits A key supplier of talc used in Johnson & Johnson's baby powder filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Wednesday in the wake of multibillion-dollar lawsuits alleging its products caused ovarian cancer and asbestos-related mesothelioma.
Reuters Health Information, February 15, 2019
J&J, Plaintiffs 'Close' to Deal on Pinnacle Hip Implant Lawsuits: Lawyer Johnson & Johnson's DePuy Orthopaedics unit is in settlement talks to resolve the bulk of individual lawsuits alleging the company's metal-on-metal Pinnacle hip implants were defective and caused severe injuries, a lawyer for the plaintiffs said on Monday.
Reuters Health Information, February 6, 2019