Valleywide Legal Blog

Patients of Fraudster Doctor Lose Twice Under Michigan Law

I have written about doctor fraudsters in the past.  You can find some of the posts here and here.  Doctor fraud is the worst form of medical malpractice.  One of the most egregious doctor fraudsters was Dr. Farid Fata, an oncologist from … Read More

Posted in Doctors, Fraud, Health Care Costs, Hospital Negligence, Hospitals, Lawsuits, Malpractice caps, Medical Costs, medical errors, medical ethics, Medicare, tort reform |

The Health Insurance Business is Rigged Against Consumers

Recently, a physician wrote an Op-Ed piece for the New York Times in which he revealed how doctors get better treatment from the health care and health insurance system than you or I do.  He recognized that the health insurance … Read More

Posted in Doctors, Health Care Costs, Health Insurers, Medical Costs |

Telemedicine Is Coming to You.

Some days it seems the world just keeps turning faster and faster.  The ways in which we have done things all our lives are changing.  No area is spared from change and that is particularly true of medicine.  We used … Read More

Posted in Doctors, electronic medical records, Health Care Costs, Hospitals, Lawsuits, Medical Costs, medical errors, medical research, science news |

How To Get Doctors To Do the Right Thing.

How to get doctors to do the right thing is a perennial question in medicine.  Whether in Phoenix, Arizona or somewhere else, many doctors just don’t like to be told what to do.  They don’t like other people second guessing … Read More

Posted in antibiotic resistant bacteria, Defensive Medicine, Doctors, electronic medical records, Health Care Costs, Medical Costs, medical mistakes, science news |