Proactively Avoiding a Potential Defamation Lawsuit
Defamation lawsuits, even if won, can permanently damage a physician’s career, often attracting...
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Medical Law
Dr. MedLaw: ER Pain Medication And Consent For Procedure
Q: When we have a fracture patient in the ER we evaluate whether they will need surgery and then...
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Dr. MedLaw: Supreme Court Sides With Doctors in Ruling on Controlled Drugs Dispensing
Doctors who treat pain patients have long been concerned over being investigated and prosecuted...
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Dr. MedLaw: What You Need to Know About High-Low Agreements
This month we are going to look at an issue that is a bit technical, but if you ever find yourself...
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Strong Cybersecurity Is Critical for Healthcare Practices
Cyberattacks are a major threat to the healthcare industry and maintaining a powerful...
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Dr. MedLaw: Restrictive Covenant
Q: All the employed doctors at my hospital, even those who were not up for contract renewal, just...
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Dr. MedLaw: EMTALA Violation
Q: I am on an ad hoc committee at my hospital looking into an EMTALA problem that we are trying to...
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Dr. MedLaw: Service Dog
Q: I own a small medical building in which my office is located. The problem is that one tenant, a...
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How to Navigate a Patient’s Right to Die
In the United States, patients frequently die under the care of strangers in an impersonal...
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Physicians Should Acquaint Themselves With Medical Board Rules
Along with the tremendously high ethical and professional standards placed upon physicians comes...
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Legally Terminating a Physician-Patient Relationship
A physician’s sworn duty is to care for all of their patients with the goal of alleviating...
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A Comprehensive Malpractice Insurance Plan Can Protect Physicians
Many physicians are acutely aware that although accidents are a natural element of human nature,...
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Dr. MedLaw Q&A: Exit Processes With EMR Vendors
Q: I want to change EMR vendors but the current company is holding me up for big fees. How is...
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Dr. MedLaw Q&A: Addressing Intellectual Property
Q: I’m a pediatrician and my wife is a software designer. We were talking about combining these to...
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Wrong-Site Surgeries May Lead to Malpractice Suits
Although they rarely occur, wrong-site surgeries are incredibly stressful and damaging events....
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Dr. MedLaw Q&A: The Legal Doctrine of Intervening Superseding Cause
Q: The rule at our ASU is that a patient who received sedation should not drive after discharge,...
Read MoreUnderstanding Negligence
To err is human. Doctors are human. Doctors will therefore err. …and doctors understand this. However, when doctors look at the law, they want to know why their mistakes are called “negligence,” a term that, to them, insults...
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Dr. MedLaw: Answering Qs About Self Payment to Reduce Taxation, Following Consult-Provided Advice, & Using Patients’ First Names
A friend told me that he reduces the taxation of his solo internal medicine practice by paying...
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Informed Consent: More Than Just Handing the Patient a Form to Sign
Informed consent is an essential element of medical care that physicians must not take lightly....
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Build Back Better Act: Could Its Health Provisions Affect Your Revenue?
The Build Back Better Act, H.R. 5376 (BBBA), is a framework intended to set the United States on a...
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