Valleywide Legal Blog
Hospital Pricing Is Broken.
A recent study by the RAND Corporation discovered that hospitals across the United States charge private health insurers far more than they charge Medicare for the same services. The amount by which hospital bills exceed what they are paid by … Read More
The Electronic Medical Record.
One of the requirements of federal law is that hospital records be recorded electronically. The requirement for electronic medical records (“EMR”) has a number of justifications, including portability. Patients are entitled to have a copy of their medical records. When … Read More
Posted in Doctors, electronic medical records, Health Care Costs, Hospitals, Lawsuits, medical charts, Medical Costs, medical errors, Medical Malpractice, medical malpractice lawyers, medical mistakes, Medication Errors, Nurses, Prescription Errors | How Much Longer Can Fee For Service Last?
I recently read a post by a representative of the American College of Cardiology which discussed the origin of the fee for service model and its pernicious effects on the delivery of health care in the United States. Fee for … Read More
Posted in Defensive Medicine, Doctors, Fee for Service, health, Health Care Costs, Health Insurers, healthy living, Hospitals, Medical Costs, medical ethics, Medicare, Rationing | Urgent Care or Emergency Department?
One of the most obvious changes in the medical landscape over the last 15 years has been the proliferation of urgent care clinics. You can’t drive down almost any street in a major metropolitan area without passing at least a … Read More
Posted in Board Certification, Cardiac CT scan, Doctors, Health Care Costs, healthy living, heart attack, Hospitals, medical errors, Medical Malpractice, medical mistakes, Medical Negligence, Misdiagnosis, Nurses, Stroke | Hospital Greed in the Era of Covid.
It is late May 2020 in the Imperial Valley of California. The sun is high and hot. Temperatures exceed 110 degrees. The Novel Coronavirus is also running hot. The only two hospitals in the entire Imperial Valley are swamped with … Read More
Caesarian Sections
The Caesarian section can be a life saver for both the mother and her baby. There are a number of conditions which can develop during pregnancy or during the delivery process which require that the baby be delivered by C-section. … Read More
The Pre-Existing Condition
For quite a few years now, we have been bombarded with references to “pre-existing conditions.” All politicians seem to promise that they will protect the voters from losing coverage for pre-existing conditions. A review of the record and of the … Read More
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
Hospital Ratings Can Be Misleading.
When it comes to hospital ratings, don’t believe everything you read. While I am a big proponent of doing some research about hospitals before being admitted to see if this is a place I want to go, not all hospital … Read More
