- Medical staff, privileges, licensing issues
- Medical malpractice
- Healthcare billing and fraud and abuse issues
- Medical mass torts
- Medical device/pharma business, regulatory, and funding strategy and issues
Where Medicine and Law Converge
Emerging Legal Issues
St Louis, MO Philips CPAP sleep machine recall has caused a rude awakening for thousands of users who rely on the sleep machine to get them through the night – alive. Meanwhile, the U.S. Judicial Pane [...]
Santa Clara, CA Assembly Bill 701 is expected to reach California lawmakers any day now. Bill 701 will curtail Amazon’s algorithm-led and unfavorable warehouse work conditions by requiring warehouses [...]
San Francisco, CA In Google LLC and Alphabet Inc, the National Labor Relations Board (Board) charged Google and its parent company, Alphabet, Inc. with violating Sections 7 and 8 of the National Labor [...]
Miami, FL On August17, three former participants in the Baptist Health South Florida, Inc. 403(b) Employee Retirement Plan (BHSF Plan) sued plan fiduciaries for breaching their duty of loyalty and pr [...]
Oakland, CA Workers at Oaklands McDonald’s who claimed they had to wear dog diapers and coffee filters instead of face masks settled a California safety lawsuit August 12. [...]
Dr. Teitel’s Blog Posts
10 New Malpractice Concerns, and How to Avoid Them
This is a good summary of risks to doctors posed by new healthcare paradigms. It outlines risks caused by social media, smart phones, team based medicine hospital based doctors instead of patients’ … [Read More...]
Surviving a Medical Board Investigation
Here is a good article that explains how trying to handle issues with your Medical Board or Credentials Committee without the help of a health care lawyer who understands your rights, empathizes with … [Read More...]
Repeal of medical device tax could spell relief for Houston companies
Some Houston companies may be holding their breath after the Senate voted last week to repeal the 2.3 percent excise tax on medical devices. The medical device tax went into effect in January and has … [Read More...]
AdvaMed 2010 Conference
Go to "The Changing Face of Medical Technology Innovation." … [Read More...]