Recently added articles from Hospital Law's Regan Report:
Court holds not all of Dr.'s personnel file is privileged.
Aug 01, 2009; ... THIS CASE AROSE OUT OF THE MASSACHUSETTS BOARD OF MEDICINE'S INVESTIGATION OF A COMPLAINT AGAINST A PHYSICIAN EMPLOYED BY HALLMARK HEALTH CORPORATION (HALLMARK). The case suddenly became one which has ramifications for all hospitals within and without the state of Massachusetts when the ...
No expert opinion required in defective bedboard case.(Hospital Law Case of the Month)
Aug 01, 2009; ... CASE ON POINT: Marks v. St. Luke's Hospital, 2009-TX-07-0783 (8/28/2009) S.W.3d -TX. ISSUE: Time after time, patients sustain injuries in hospitals which have nothing to do with health care being provided to the patients. In this unusual case, the Texas courts were confronted ...
FL: hospital sues to enforce lien for treatment: Florida bans hospital liens created by contract.(Hospital Law Decision of Note)
Aug 01, 2009; ... CASE FACTS: The case involved an appeal and cross appeal of a final judgment in a suit for damages for impairment of a hospital lien under Florida law. The hospital costs incurred by a person who sustained injuries in a motor vehicle accident and was treated at Shands Teaching Hospitals ...
NY: Pt. transferred assets to nursing home: agreement rendered Pt. ineligible for Medicaid.(Hospital Law Decision of Note)(Case overview)
Aug 01, 2009; ... CASE FACTS: Carmella Barbato was determined to be ineligible for Medicaid by the New York Department of Health (including various divisions of the department). Her case was transferred to the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court to review the state's determination that she was ...
Wrongful death case failed for lack of qualified expert medical witness.(Legal Focus on Hospital Law Issues)
Aug 01, 2009; ... CASE ON POINT: Grim v. South Nassau Communities Hosp., 2009-NY-0714.686 (6/29/2009)-NY CASE FACTS: Edward Grim was admitted to South Nassau Community Hospital's ER on October 29, 2004, complaining of lower back and hip pain. He was under the care of his primary care physician, ...