Valleywide Legal Blog
Drug Prices
We are in election season and there is much talk about the high price of prescription drugs and promises by politicians to do something about it. Don’t hold your breath. Drug prices are like the weather: Everyone complains about it … Read More
Coronavirus Fraud.
Dishonest people are always looking for a way to steal money from you, from your neighbor or from the government. If you have money, you are fair game. A crisis like the Covid pandemic provides these people with a fearful … Read More
Medical Record Confidentiality.
As patients, we have an expectation that our medical records will remain confidential. After all, there are few records more personal than our medical records, which may describe the most intimate details of our personal lives. Confidentiality is important to … Read More
Our Drug Development Model and Drug Supply Chain Are Broken.
One of the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic is that our drug development model and drug supply chain are broken. Our western capitalist system has served us well for many years. It provided products at a low price, which allowed … Read More
Posted in drug companies, Fraud, health, Health Care Costs, Lawsuits, Medical Costs, Medical Devices, Medicare, Pharmacies, Secrecy, Vaccines | Beware The Cosmetic Surgeon
We all want to look like we are young and healthy, even those of us in our later years. Beauty is big business and, wherever there is big business, you can be sure charlatans will follow. This is true in … Read More
Posted in Arizona Medical Board, Board Certification, Doctors, Fee for Service, Fraud, Health Insurers, Hospitals, medical errors, medical ethics, Medical Malpractice, medical mistakes, Medical Negligence, Plastic Surgery | An Unethical Outrage.
How would you like to be kept alive in a permanent vegetative state for a year just so your hospital can continue to make money? That is what happened to at least one patient at a hospital in New Jersey … Read More
Posted in disclosure of medical mistakes, Doctors, Fee for Service, Fraud, Health Care Costs, Hospitals, Informed Consent, Medical Costs, medical ethics, Medicare, never events, Secrecy | Doctor Ethics
Doctors win 85% to 90% of all medical malpractice trials in Arizona. The same figures apply pretty much across the United States. Doctors win cases even when there is strong evidence of negligence on their part. The most likely reason … Read More
You Are Being Operated On, Do You Know Where Your Surgeon Is?
A recent story about a Syracuse, New York orthopedic surgeon casts light on a practice that will likely come as a shock to most patients. The surgeon is accused of botching a hip replacement in which his patient allegedly suffered … Read More
Posted in Doctors, Fee for Service, Fraud, Hip Replacement, Informed Consent, joint replacement, medical errors, medical ethics, Medical Malpractice, medical malpractice cases, medical mistakes, Medical Negligence, Orthopedics, Surgical Errors, Verdicts | Staggering Malpractice at the VA
A Veterans’ Administration pathologist sits in jail today. He is charged with three counts of involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of three veterans who sought treatment at the VA hospital in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Investigation has revealed that he routinely misread … Read More
Posted in Cancer, disclosure of medical mistakes, Doctors, Fraud, Hospitals, medical errors, Medical Malpractice, medical mistakes, Medical Negligence, Misdiagnosis, Nurses | Generic Drug Betrayal
The promise of generic drugs is enticing: quality replacements for name-brand drugs at a fraction of the price. Regardless of whether that promise was ever anything more than an illusion, it is a proven lie today. I read two recent … Read More
