#medical malpractice induced by insurance

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The fun part about working out is gaining 20 pounds of muscle.

The not fun part is dreading going to the doctor because you've had too many lectures previously from docs who didn't even look at you or ask your exercise routine or look at any other of your health indicators and just launched into "You're gaining weight you need to stop that it will harm your health" though funnily enough every time you stop working out sit on your butt all day and lose all that muscle they never seem to worry about that.

(To be fair my current primary care physician has never said a damn thing about my weight but years of negative experience are difficult to ignore.)

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The liver and kidneys are two vital organs that work together to maintain homeostasis and metabolic regulation in the body. They communicate closely and perform many functions, including:

Excretion: The liver breaks down harmful substances and excretes the by-products into the bile or blood. Bile by-products leave the body in feces, while blood by-products are filtered by the kidneys and leave in urine. For example, the liver converts ammonia into urea, a less toxic substance that's released into the blood and then transported to the kidneys. Urea is the main waste product in urine and isn't reabsorbed by the kidneys.

Metabolism: The liver metabolizes glucose, protein, and lipids.

Homeostasis: The kidneys maintain homeostasis of water, electrolytes, and acid-base balance. 



Johns Hopkins Medicine

Liver: Anatomy and Functions | Johns Hopkins Medicine

When the liver has broken down harmful substances, its by-products are excreted into the bile or blood. Bile by-products enter the intestine and leave the body in the form of feces. Blood by-products are filtered out by the kidneys, and leave the body in the form of urine.



SpringerLink

Physiological and Pathological Interactions Between Liver and Kidney | SpringerLink



News-Medical

Where are the Kidneys and Liver Located? - News-Medical

Breast Cancer. ×Top Health Categories. Coronavirus Disease COVID-19. Breast Cancer. Sleep. Contact. 68. Currently rated 4.2 by 68 people. 31. Where are the Kidneys and Liver Located? Download PDF Copy. By Dr. Liji Thomas, MDReviewed by Susha Cheriyedath, M.Sc. The liver and the kidneys are some of the most essential and hardworking organs in the body. They carry out numerous functions such as excretion of waste, metabolism of many substances, hormonal regulation, and proper digestion, as well as proper coagulation. The location of the liver. The liver is the second largest organ in the body, weighing in at approximately 3 pounds.



ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

In brief: How does the liver work? - InformedHealth.org - NCBI Bookshelf

Feb 28, 2023 — The liver cells convert ammonia to a much less toxic substance called urea, which is released into the blood. Urea is then transported to the kidneys and passes out of the body in urine.



bbc.co.uk

Maintaining water balance in the body - OCR Gateway - BBC Bitesize - BBC

Urine contains water, urea and mineral ions. Urea is produced in the liver when excess amino acids. are broken down. Urea is the main waste product removed in the urine, as it is not reabsorbed in the kidney.



The liver and kidneys also work together through reflexes, such as the hepatorenal reflex, which helps regulate volume balance. 

In some pathological conditions, kidney-liver interactions can lead to renal-induced liver damage or liver-induced kidney diseases. These interactions can be caused by systemic conditions such as ischemia and reperfusion, cytokine release, metabolic acidosis, and oxidative stress. 

This is for informational purposes only. For medical advice or diagnosis, consult a professional. Generative AI is experimental.

So if you're doing kidney surgery or liver surgery or you're removing both to get to something, then you need to put the person on dialysis. This way, you can remove any toxins buildup from the blood. Remember you put them to sleep. You don't want them to all of a sudden, not wake up. Because the anesthesia will build up in the blood. Why do you think people who do anesthesia have the highest rate of malpractice? They also have the highest cost of malpractice insurance. Because when they put people under, they might not wake up. And the reason for this is the build up in the circulatory system. If you're having difficulty reviving somebody sometimes it's good to filter the blood. So this is another way to save a life is to move the toxins out of the blood and add hemoglobin. So you would put them on a dialysis system. Removing toxins and then on the other side, putting in hemoglobin.

Liver dialysis is a treatment for liver failure that uses a machine to remove toxins from the blood and allow the liver and other organs to recover. The procedure involves:

Removing blood from the body through a vein in the arm

Treating and cleaning the blood to remove toxins

Returning the blood to the body 

Jefferson Health

Liver Dialysis | Jefferson Health

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Liver dialysis device proved safe and effective for treating severe liver failure | Royal Free London

Jun 1, 2023

The filtration process can last up to six hours, and one or two sessions may be enough to restart a damaged liver. Liver dialysis can also help control plasma urea and creatinine levels. 

Liver dialysis is considered a temporary solution to sustain patients until a liver transplant can be done. However, complications of dialysis are common, including hypotension, gastrointestinal bleeding, and intraperitoneal sepsis. A study found that dialysis is only worth attempting in patients where recovery of the underlying liver lesion is possible. 

Anesthesiologists can face lengthy and costly medical malpractice claims due to the high-risk nature of the specialty. Of the 53,000 anesthesiologists practicing in the country, 36% will be sued at least once in their careers.Feb 20, 2024

https://medpli.com › Specialties

Anesthesiologist Malpractice Insurance | Get a Quote - MEDPL

Anesthesiologists are considered to be in a high-risk specialty and can face costly medical malpractice claims. In 2020, anesthesiologists had an annual rate of 11.7 paid malpractice claims per 1,000 physicians-years, with 10% of those claims reaching over $1 million. However, improvements in operating room technology and education in recent decades have led to fewer anesthesia mishaps that result in critical events like death or coma. 



NCBI

Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Involving Anesthesiology ... - NCBI

Oct 1, 2020 — 3. Surgical specialties (ie, neurosurgery, orthopedics, plastic surgery) account for the largest rates of malpractice claims, ranging from 30 to 53.1 per 1000 physicians-years with neurosurgery accounting for the highest paid claims (13%) of over one million dollars. In contrast, anesthesiologists experience an annual rate of paid malpractice claims of 11.7 per 1000 physicians-years with a similar percentage of paid malpractice claims (10%) reaching over one million dollars. Malpractice claims can have even more profound consequences to medical trainees.



The anesthesia consultant

DO ANESTHESIOLOGISTS HAVE THE HIGHEST MALPRACTICE ...

How high are anesthesiologist malpractice rates? Do anesthesiologists have the highest malpractice insurance rates? In a word, “No.” Anesthesia mishaps can lead to critical events such as death or coma, but in recent decades improvements in operating room technology and education have led to fewer such events. Prior to 1985, anesthesia malpractice claims for death or brain death were most often due to lack of oxygen the patient's heart or brain. Two significant breakthroughs arrived in the 1980's to help anesthesiologists care for you: 1) the pulse oximeter, and 2) the end-tidal carbon dioxide monitor.



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Anesthesiologist Malpractice Insurance | Get a Quote - MEDPLI

Feb 20, 2024 — Home. Anesthesiologist Medical Malpractice Insurance. Anesthesiologists can face lengthy and costly medical malpractice claims due to the high-risk nature of the specialty. Of the 53,000 anesthesiologists practicing in the country, 36% will be sued at least once in their careers. An extensive medical malpractice insurance policy protects them from the significant costs of a claim. MEDPLI helps anesthesiologists find comprehensive malpractice coverage from an A-rated carrier and save up to 28% on premiums. Anesthesiologist Medical Malpractice Insurance Rates. Insurance premiums for anesthesiologists differ by city and state.



Medical Malpractice Insurance

Anesthesiologists Malpractice Insurance | Cunningham Group

Due to the high-risk nature of the specialty, anesthesiologists can face lengthy and costly medical malpractice claims. Anesthesiologists are responsible ...

The most common reasons for lawsuits against anesthesiologists are:

Complications from treatment and surgery: 48%

Abnormal injury of a patient: 27%

Wrongful death: 18% 

In contrast, physicians overall are most commonly sued for failure to diagnose or delayed diagnosis, which only accounts for 10% of lawsuits against anesthesiologists. 

Anesthesiologists also pay some of the highest malpractice premiums across all specialties. In 2022, nearly a quarter of anesthesiologists reported paying between $10,000 to $15,000 annually for malpractice insurance, and 17% said they paid between $15,000 to $20,000. 

See, this can be used by anesthesiologists to remove the toxins from the system if somebody is having trouble waking up from surgery.... Forty percent of them will be sued at least once. It is a high risk profession that I'd been trying to take out of the high risk category..... That way, when people go under, they know they're going to wake up....

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This is why you do liquid oxygen. You're not trying to inject air bubbles air into the bloodstream? You're trying to inject oxygen liquid oxygen...

Injecting oxygen into the circulatory system can be done in a few ways, including:

Microparticles

Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital have developed tiny, gas-filled microparticles that can be injected into the bloodstream to quickly oxygenate the blood. The microparticles are made of a fatty molecule shell that surrounds a small pocket of oxygen. Once injected, the flexible coating passes the oxygen directly to red blood cells before the gas can form bubbles. In theory, this method could allow doctors to safely inject oxygen into patients who can't breathe through their nose or mouth, such as those with acute lung failure or an obstructed airway.

Intracoronary injection

Injecting arterial blood that's been supersaturated with oxygen into the heart can increase oxygen levels in an infarcted area. Some clinical studies have shown that this approach can significantly improve cardiac function after 30 days for patients with large damaged areas.

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)

In this procedure, blood is pumped outside of the body to a heart-lung machine that removes carbon dioxide and sends oxygen-filled blood back to the body's tissues. 

NCBI

An Injectable Oxygen Release System to Augment Cell ... - NCBI

Jan 22, 2018 — Intracoronary injection of arterial blood supersaturated with oxygen is also an approach to augment oxygen level in the infarcted

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

https://www.abc.net.au › 2013/07/02

Oxygen injections can save lives - Dr Karl

Jul 2, 2013 — Now while this magic oxygen-containing liquid works, it is not a perfect solution to the problem of a blocked airway. First, the .

Can we inject hemoglobin?

HB-IV Injection is used to regulate hemoglobin levels in the human body. It is usually given to patients who have iron deficient anemia or iron deficiency. The doctor may suggest using this medicine till the hemoglobin level becomes normal. Do consult your doctor to understand the usage of this medicine properly.Nov 29, 2023

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HB-IV Injection: View Uses, Side Effects, Price and Substitutes | 1mg

See, this is a way. Paramedics can get oxygen into the bloodstream. Where doing heart compressions with breath might not get enough oxygen into the system to save the person. So they can use this in combination with chest compressions. And they can still do breaths, but they should put up blood. Oxygen sensor on the finger to measure the oxygen in the blood.

What blood oxygen level do you need to survive?

A normal oxygen level for adults is 95 to 100%. “If oxygen levels are below 88%, that is a cause for concern,” said Christian Bime, MD, a critical care medicine specialist with a focus in pulmonology at Banner - University Medical Center Tucson.Oct 22, 2020

https://www.bannerhealth.com › blo...

What You Need to Know About Your Blood Oxygen Level

See, this has been the problem with saving people. Is they don't measure the blood? Oxygen levels. And they might not get to the right oxygen level to be able to revive somebody. So you have to supplement through injecting either an injection or a I. V intravenous. So this has been a big problem with saving people. Even infants is they don't measure these levels. And now you can do heart bypass. And many other systems are in place that you can save people.... Yes, you can even bypass the brain. And keep the organs going, so you can work on the brain to repair it. So not necessarily brain dead, only temporary brain death...

So even if they're drowned and the brain can't start up again, they're not dead. Just put him on the bypass system. Keep Em alive and then repair the area of the brain that is damaged. No matter how long they been drowned for you can repair the damaged brain.... So people are only temporarily in that situation? And then you'll have to do rehabilitation therapy to retrain that area of the brain, so I'll have to learn again, but it doesn't matter if they've been dead for an hour. They're truly not dead...

National Institutes of Health (NIH) (.gov)

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Molecule guides stem cells to damaged brain tissue

Dec 8, 2020 — Researchers altered a molecule that is naturally produced by the body to safely guide stem cells to damaged brain tissue.

Confirming deathDeath was said to occur when the heart stopped beating and a person was unresponsive and no longer breathing. The lack of oxygen as a result of no blood flow, quickly led to the permanent loss of brain stem function.Feb 5, 2024

https://www.nhsinform.scot › brain-...

Brain stem death - Illnesses & conditions - NHS inform

So now you keep them alive until you can repair the damage to the area or areas. So if somebody's blown to pieces yes, or you get a head shot. And that means the majority of the brain is spread out everywhere, but if you keep it into helmet, then they could possibly piece it all back together. Well, they keep the body alive. This is neural surgery, but yes, they can put the pieces back together as long as they're not sad and then they can regrow

Stanford Medicine

https://med.stanford.edu › news

Researchers invent way to purify developing human brain cells

Apr 18, 2023 — Researchers created a method of isolating and studying different human neural stem and progenitor cells. Transplanting these

I did like the Israeli commandos. They had a shield that covered the back of their body and covered the back of the helmet area. It was like a straight Bulletproof jacket. That was a rectangular shape that extended out behind the body. So it didn't impede movement, but was narrow, so it didn't get in the way of arm movement..... As I told you, this is why the German soldiers had better survival rates because the helmet was better covering the brain better..... We redesigned our helmet after the German helmet...

So little lead that ship. That's sunk with all those children Drowned in South Korea. They literally could have saved them all... Yes, now all they had to do is put them on life support and then went back in and repaired any brain damage...

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The 2022 Shkreli Awards have been released! Each year, the Lown Institute passes out awards as a way of reporting on dysfunction in the US health care system. Dysfunction in healthcare is one of our foundational pillars here at Healthcare Triage, and these awards highlight some of the worst examples.

2022 Shkreli Awards

VIDEO: The 2022 Shkreli Awards, featuring guest hosts Dr. Uché Blackstock, CEO of Advancing Health Equity, and Amy Holden Jones, Executive Producer and Creator of Thre Resident.

JANUARY 10, 2023 — Welcome to the 6th annual Shkreli Awards, the Lown Institute’s top ten list of the worst examples of profiteering and dysfunction in healthcare, named for the infamous “pharma bro” Martin Shkreli.

Nominees for the Shkreli Awards are compiled by Lown Institute staff with input from readers of Lown Weekly. An esteemed panel of patient activists, clinicians, health policy experts, and journalists help determine the winners. (press release | previous winners)

#10

Dentist bags a bundle by breaking patients’ teeth

How did Wisconsin dentist Scott Charmoli go from fixing 434 crowns a year to more than 1,000? By purposely breaking patients’ teeth, according to federal prosecutors. Charmoli allegedly drilled into patients’ teeth unnecessarily and submitted photos of the damage to insurance companies to justify expensive procedures. This move elevated his salary by $1.1 million, according to the Washington Post. The scheme was uncovered when Charmoli sold his practice in 2019 and the new owners reviewed his files, noting the absurdly high rates of crown procedures. Charmoli was convicted of healthcare fraud and sentenced to 54 months imprisonment and over $1 million in fines.

SOURCE: Jonathan Edwards, The Washington Post; U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Wisconsin

JUDGES’ COMMENTS:

Talk about supplier-induced demand! Oy, pass the laughing gas.

#9

“Dangerous” doctor deemed a star by leadership despite disgraceful malpractice record

Image caption: A February 1999 advertisement for CMC’s New England Heart Institute in the Boston Globe, featuring Baribeau. Source: The Boston Globe

Leaders of Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, NH knew their renowned cardiac surgeon Dr. Yvon Baribeau had one of the worst malpractice records in the country. Yet they continued to support Baribeau, featuring him in hospital advertisements and allowing him to keep operating over the objections of other CMC doctors, the Boston Globe reported. Examples of Baribeau’s alleged harmful behavior include surgical errors that led one patient to require blood transfusions of nearly five times her blood volume, and keeping another patient whose chest cavity had turned “black and necrotic” on life support as a possible ploy to protect his surgical 30-day survival rate.

Throughout Baribeau’s career, he racked up 21 medical malpractice settlements, including 14 related to patient deaths. In a statement provided by his lawyer to the Globe, Baribeau said, “I performed over 10,000 procedures at CMC, always with patient safety as my first priority.”

SOURCE: Rebecca Ostriker, Deirdre Fernandes, Liz Kowalczyk, Jonathan Saltzman, and Patricia Wen, The Boston Globe

JUDGES’ COMMENTS:

The protection of doctors who are known to be dangerous is a national scourge that must be exposed and ended.

When a hospital administration puts “heads in beds” ahead of patient safety, it should be called to account—and not just by the media.

#8

Medical labs bilk Medicare for $300 million in elaborate bribery scheme

Three laboratories in North Texas allegedly found a way to score $300 million in extra Medicare reimbursements, the Dallas Morning News reported. In collaboration with two marketing firms, they bribed physicians to order unnecessary drug tests and blood work, according to a federal indictment. Some physicians got as much as $400,000 in kickbacks. In one case, even a physician’s spouse got an illegal bonus. The founders of all three labs pleaded guilty to the fraud in April 2022.

SOURCE: Aria Jones, The Dallas Morning News

JUDGES’ COMMENTS:

Unnecessary tests and procedures are bankrupting us and harming patients. There is nowhere near enough coverage of this.

Unnecessary “care” is a huge part of the $1 trillion (that’s trillion-with-a-T) the US wastes in healthcare.

#7

Patients qualified for financial assistance; hospital sends them to debt collection instead

Nonprofit hospitals are required to provide financial assistance to low-income patients. Providence health system, however, did the opposite in many cases. Rather than ensuring that low-income patients received the financial assistance they were due, Providence hounded them to pay and sent debt collectors after them when they didn’t, according to a New York Times investigation. These actions were part of an official campaign to boost revenue called “Rev-Up” developed with help from corporate consultant McKinsey. The “Rev-Up” campaign directed employees to tell patients about financial assistance only as a last resort. The result: more than 55,000 patients were pursued by debt collectors when they should have been given a discount.

In response, a Providence spokesperson told the Times that they stopped sending Medicaid patients to debt collection, and said that they will issue refunds to about 760 patients eligible for assistance who were previously charged for their medical care.

*Note: The Lown Institute provided data to the New York Times about Providence Health System’s tax exemption for this piece.

SOURCE: Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Katie Thomas, New York Times

JUDGES’ COMMENTS:

Large consulting companies like McKinsey are hospitals’ accomplices in revenue maximization.

Catholic hospitals have come a long way since the nuns of the Sisters of Providence provided services to the poor.

#6

When smokers get sick, this tobacco company has the treatment

Philip Morris has spent 175 years selling products that cause heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and other serious health problems. Now the tobacco giant is poised to make more money treating the very conditions it helped create by acquiring companies that develop inhaled therapeutics, according to a STAT News report.

Experts told STAT News they are concerned that Philip Morris could potentially use research on inhalation developed by these newly acquired companies to hook even more people on their products. But don’t worry—a representative from Philip Morris stated they have no plans to do so.

SOURCE: Olivia Goldhill, STAT News

JUDGES’ COMMENTS:

When your corporation creates both the problem and the solution to it, you clearly care about one thing: finding and making profits by any means possible.

In the 1980s, the hospital I worked in still used machinery made and branded by Philip Morris to treat lung-cancer patients. This is NOT a novel abuse— it must be stopped.

#5

Pharma giant exploits bankruptcy loophole to avoid legal responsibility for cancer-causing product

Johnson & Johnson had known for decades that asbestos, a deadly carcinogen, could be contaminating their talc baby powder products but continued selling them anyway. Now J&J faces lawsuits from 40,000 cancer patients, many of them Black women, as J&J allegedly marketed its talc-based products specifically to this population. To avoid the lawsuits, J&J created a subsidiary company with all of the baby powder-related liabilities and then declared this shell company bankrupt, NPR reported. Despite this “bankruptcy,” J&J ranked in the top 50 of Fortune’s largest companies last year. The fate of J&J and the lawsuits await appeals. According to the J&J corporate attorney, the bankruptcy will benefit victims by producing a faster settlement.

SOURCE: Brian Mann, NPR; Casey Cep, The New Yorker

JUDGES’ COMMENTS:

Especially egregious because of delay in acknowledgement at the expense of patients

Big Pharma has become an evil conspiracy against public health.

#4

Hospice CEO allegedly tells employees to hasten patient death to avoid caps on government reimbursements

Bradley Harris, the CEO of Novus Hospice in Frisco, Texas, and a dozen other Novus employees were sentenced to a combined 84 years in prison for committing healthcare fraud, according to D Magazine. The US Department of Justice reported that Novus staff were provided with pre-signed prescription pads and directed to dispense powerful medications like morphine and hydrocodone to patients, without guidance or oversight from physicians.

According to an earlier FBI investigation reported by NBC Dallas, Harris allegedly told employees to dose patients with more than the maximum allowed amount of painkillers to hasten patient death, with the goal of reducing the average patient stay to avoid caps on government reimbursement. The FBI investigation revealed that a Novus employee was allegedly sent a text message by Harris, “You need to make this patient go bye-bye.” It is unclear whether any patients were actually given overdoses or died from Harris’ instructions.

SOURCES: Will Maddox, D Magazine; US Department of Justice

JUDGES’ COMMENTS:

This behavior is abhorrent, cold and heartless

Individual and corporate greed, meet well intentioned yet perverse financial incentives.

#3

System keeps community hospital on life support to cash in on drug discount program meant to serve the poor

Image caption: Richmond Community Hospital.

The 340B drug program provides safety net hospitals with deep discounts on medications to ensure access to care for low-income patients. Richmond Community Hospital in Virginia, owned by Bon Secours Health System, has profited heavily off of this program, yet they don’t have an intensive care unit, maternity ward, or even a consistently-working MRI machine. That’s because Bon Secours has been diverting the profits from Richmond Community to its other hospitals in wealthier, whiter neighborhoods, according to a New York Times investigation. “Bon Secours was basically laundering money through this poor hospital to its wealthy outposts,” said a former Richmond ER doctor.

A spokeswoman for Bon Secours Mercy Health told the Times the hospital system spent $10 million on improvements to Richmond Community Hospital over the past decade. But that doesn’t seem like much considering the $108 million expansion at neighboring St. Francis Hospital, a nearby Bon Secours hospital.

*Note: The Lown Institute provided data to the New York Times about Providence Health System’s tax exemption for this piece.

SOURCE: Katie Thomas and Jessica Silver-Greenberg, The New York Times

JUDGES’ COMMENTS:

Skimming profits from the poor is the sleaziest kind of theft.

Care facilities are thin on the ground in low-income areas nationally, which makes this story even more painful.

#2

Private equity-backed firm runs rural hospitals into ground, leaves patients in unsafe conditions and employees without health insurance

When Noble Health, a private equity-backed startup, bought two rural hospitals in Missouri, residents hoped this might offer a lifeline to the struggling institutions. Instead, hospital employees faced shortages in supplies and drugs, leading to unsafe conditions for patients, Kaiser Health News reported. Noble Health also stopped paying for employees’ health insurance despite deducting money out of their paychecks that was supposed to be for premiums. Some staff members now face hundreds of thousands in medical bills because they did not know they were uninsured, according to Kaiser Health News. Noble Health closed the hospitals two years later, after taking $20 million in federal COVID relief funds. The company is currently under federal investigation.

SOURCE: Sarah Jane Tribble, Kaiser Health News

JUDGES’ COMMENTS:

Private equity too often puts profits over patients, and is using the proceeds to swallow up the US healthcare system.

Private equity corporations are one of the biggest threats to healthcare quality and justice.

#1

Insurers systematically overbill Medicare Advantage, siphoning billions of taxpayer money

The majority of large Medicare Advantage insurers have been accused of fraud or overbilling by the US government, a New York Times investigation finds. Overpayments to Medicare Advantage insurers were estimated to cost taxpayers as much as $25 billion in 2020. Because the Medicare Advantage program pays private insurers a set amount per patient based on their risk, there is an incentive for insurers to “mine” patients for diagnoses—for example, adding diagnoses for old or resolved conditions.

While Mark Hamelburg, an executive at AHIP, an industry trade group, said to the Times that some coding differences were due to doctors “look[ing] at the same medical record in different ways,” some of the diagnoses were clearly inaccurate. In one case, insurer Independent Health added a diagnosis for prostate cancer to a woman’s record, because “when a married couple has any disease, both were assigned to that disease,” Bloomberg reported.

Among the top 10 Medicare Advantage providers by market share, the following have been accused of fraud or overbilling by the US government or Inspector General and have ongoing lawsuits as of 2022, according to the Times: UnitedHealth Group, CVS Health, Elevance Health, Kaiser Permanente, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Cigna, and Highmark. These insurers have disputed the claims.

SOURCE: Reed Abelson and Margot Sanger-Katz, New York Times; John Tozzi, Bloomberg

JUDGES’ COMMENTS:

The overbilling of Medicare Advantage has become nothing but a big game that private insurers play. There are no rules, no morals, no sense of right or wrong.

The “advantage” in Medicare Advantage plans seems to go to the insurers who exploited Medicare for billions.

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Virginia: Pakistani doctor who sterilized women, performed unnecessary, irreversible hysterectomies without consent is found guilty

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, November 9, 2020

Jury Convicts Doctor of Scheme to Perform Unnecessary Surgeries on Women

NORFOLK, Va. – A federal jury convicted a Chesapeake doctor today on 52 counts related to his scheme to bill private and governmental insurers millions of dollars for irreversible hysterectomies and other surgeries and procedures that were not medically necessary for his patients.

According to court records and evidence presented at trial, Dr. Javaid Perwaiz, an obstetrician-gynecologist who has practiced in Hampton Roads since the 1980s, executed a scheme to defraud health insurance programs between at least 2010 and 2019. During that period, Perwaiz billed private and governmental insurers millions of dollars for irreversible hysterectomies and other surgeries and procedures that were not medically necessary for his patients. In many instances, Perwaiz would falsely tell his patients that they needed the surgeries to avoid cancer in order to induce them to agree to the surgeries.

“Dr. Perwaiz preyed upon his trusting patients and committed horrible crimes to feed his greed,” said G. Zachary Terwilliger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. “Dr. Perwaiz has a history of fraud including having his medical license and hospital privileges revoked. Nothing was going to stop him but the brave victims who testified against him and law enforcement. My thanks to the trial team for their outstanding work in what was a very complex case, and to our investigative partners for their efforts in helping bring Dr. Perwaiz to justice.”

The evidence at trial also demonstrated that Perwaiz falsified records for his obstetric patients so that he could induce their labor early, prior to the recommended gestational age that minimizes risk to the mother and baby, to ensure he would be able to conduct and be reimbursed for the deliveries. Perwaiz also violated the 30-day waiting period Medicaid requires for elective sterilizations by submitting backdated forms to falsely make it appear as if he had complied with the waiting period. Finally, Perwaiz billed insurance hundreds of thousands of dollars for diagnostic procedures that he only pretended to perform at his office.

“Not only did this doctor defraud our health care system out of millions of dollars, he did so by putting the health and safety of his patients at risk by performing unnecessary surgeries on women,” said Mark R. Herring, Attorney General of Virginia. “Doctors who take advantage of the trust their patients put in them must be brought to justice. I want to thank my team for their hard work on this egregious case and our local, state, and federal partners for their continued partnership in holding dangerous individuals accountable.”

The witnesses at trial included dozens of former patients, some of whom testified to the complications they continue to endure as a result of the unnecessary surgeries Perwaiz performed. Witnesses also included nurses who worked at the hospitals where Perwaiz performed his surgeries, who testified that they repeatedly complained about his practices to their supervisors.

“Doctors are in positions of authority and trust and take an oath to do no harm to their patients,” said Karl Schumann, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Norfolk Field Office. “With unnecessary, invasive medical procedures, Dr. Perwaiz not only caused enduring complications, pain and anxiety to his patients, but he assaulted the most personal part of their lives and even robbed some of their future. The brave patients and nurses who came forward and testified deserve our gratitude for helping end this horrible scheme. Let this case demonstrate the FBI’s commitment to hold accountable anyone who abuses their position of trust.”

“In his desire to line his pockets, Dr. Perwaiz callously ignored his patients’ health and well-being by conducting medically unnecessary and irreversible medical procedures,” said Maureen R. Dixon, Special Agent in Charge, Department of Health and Human Services – Office of Inspector General. “Physicians who recklessly place patients at risk to boost their own profits will be held accountable for their actions.”

Perwaiz faces a maximum penalty of 465 years in prison. He is scheduled to be sentenced on March 31, 2021. Actual sentences for federal crimes are typically less than the maximum penalties. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after taking into account the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

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From prior Creeping Sharia post - details on this serial criminal via LAN:

Perwaiz claimed to have used his hysteroscope over 80 times in both 2016 and 2017. Yet in 2010, an inspection found that his hysteroscope was broken; it was repaired, but hadn’t been serviced since then. He also didn’t use anesthesia when using the instrument on his patients, though it can cause pain, and he only used the scope for around 10 seconds at a time — not long enough to properly view the uterus.

Perwaiz’ medical license had previously been revoked in 1996, after he pled guilty to tax evasion, but was reinstated in 1998. He also has faced numerous malpractice lawsuits.

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And via PJ Media:

About the good doctor we are told that he was “educated abroad,” with no hint as to where – it was actually in his native Pakistan, as the Virginian-Pilot notes: “Perwaiz has had a medical license since at least 1980, according to state records, having attended medical school in his native Pakistan and completed a residency at Charleston Area Medical Center.”

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More:

As of Monday afternoon, both hospitals’ websites have removed all mentions of Perwaiz.

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Injury Accident Law Firm in Valdosta GA

What Could A Valdosta Personal Injury Attorney Do To Suit Your Needs?

Exactly What Is Personal Injury?

Accidental injury can be legally understood to be any physical (bodily), mental or emotional (psychological) harm which has been seen by an individual. Accidental injury therefore will not include any problems for property.

The damage is usually due to the direct actions, inaction or negligence of a third party. In U.S. law, an individual may enter an insurance claim to look for compensation from the party who are available to become responsible for some reason for inducing the injury. There are two methods compensation can be sought:

1. An Agreement Agreement

An agreement agreement is reached away from court where both sides say yes to a monetary or other kinds of compensation. This settlement agreement implies that the injured party will struggle to enter a lawsuit later on to get future compensation for the injury should long-term or unforeseen issues arise on account of the damage. You should be sure that the settlement agreement covers all current and future medical and also other costs that could be related to the damage.

It is strongly suggested just to enter into an agreement agreement to get a accidental injury in the advice of your lawyer that will provide representation during the entire negotiation from the settlement. This can make sure that a fair settlement is reached that compensates the injured party fairly. Kenneth S. Nugent P.C. Attorneys At Law come with an experienced team who definitely are skilled at negotiating accidental injury settlement agreements.

2. A Lawsuit

A lawsuit is really a civil legal case where monetary or financial compensation is sought for bodily or psychological injury inside a court of law. The individual who brings the lawsuit is named the plaintiff as well as the third party being sued is named the respondent.

Evidence should be shown to the court of law from the physical or psychological injury which had been sustained as well as evidence of just how the respondent from the matter is accountable for the damage and so liable for paying compensation for the plaintiff. The plaintiff will also have to enter the quantity of compensation which they seek from the matter.

A judge will hear the case and make a decision whether the respondent is liable and the quantity of compensation that ought to be awarded for the plaintiff. In many instances, a lawsuit is simply sought when an agreement can not be reached inside a settlement or in which the respondent feels which they can not be held liable.

While court cases for small claims might be decided quickly, lawsuits is sometimes long, slow affairs that may become extremely expensive quickly. Respondents usually have have insurance for personal injury suits that provide legal representation. This legal representation make use of legal tactics either to win the case or even to reach a state in which the plaintiff can no longer afford to follow the lawsuit.

It is critical to get legal advice and representation from a seasoned Valdosta accidental injury attorney. The attorney will assess the case and discover what claims the plaintiff might have versus the third party, what amount they should be suing for and whether there exists sufficient evidence the respondent is going to be found liable. Contact Kenneth S. Nugent P.C. Attorneys at Law to gauge your own personal injury case.

Varieties Of Compensation For Personal Injury

There are actually basically 2 types of compensation that may be sought inside a accidental injury case - compensatory and punitive damages.

Compensatory Damages

Compensatory damages include any expenses or financial losses the plaintiff experienced as a direct outcome of the individual injury and commonly include:

Medical Expenses - Some examples are all doctor's bills, costs for medications as well as treatments/procedures that were received for the injury under consideration. You should keep all medical bills, records and also other documentation to supply evidence in the courtroom from the injuryinjuries that were sustained.

Future Health Care - When the injured party will need to receive ongoing treatment or treatments down the road, these costs can be within the lawsuit. It is vital to get an experienced lawyer to gauge and calculate fair compensation for future medical claims.

Loss in Income - A plaintiff can sue for loss of income that ended in an inability to work and earn money to get a limited time period, where they lost their job as a result of injury or in which the injury prevented them from performing tasks that led to a reduction in income. Even when a plaintiff missed merely one day of labor for which these people were not paid, they may sue for loss of income. Loss in future earnings may also be incorporated into a lawsuit - as an example in which the plaintiff was disabled by the injury and can struggle to earn money down the road.

Additional Expenses - Should any additional expenses arise in the accidental injury, these may also be incorporated into a lawsuit. For example, if the plaintiff was unable to cover household expenses as a result of loss of income, they may claim compensation of these expenses.

Cancelled or Altered Plans - Compensation can be claimed where a personal injury ended in plans needing to be cancelled or changed and ended in an economic loss for the plaintiff. For example, the expenses from the cancelled future vacation can form portion of the lawsuit.

Suffering and pain/Mental Anguish - Emotional side effects stemming from the accidental injury can form part of a private injury claim. However, it needs to be proven the pain and suffering or mental anguish suffered is directly related to the physical or bodily injury. It can be much more difficult to prove these 2 types of damages and stay awarded compensation inside a court of law.

Punitive Damages

Punitive damages are awarded with the discretion from the court and involve wrongdoing or bad behavior by the respondent that led to the bodilypsychological harm from the plaintiff. Most of these damages are generally awarded over and above compensatory damages and therefore are basically an economic punishment or penalty for the respondent to cover their behavior.

Common Personal Injury Cases

People are often most informed about accidental injury cases caused by car accidents. The reason behind this is certainly that car accidents bring about more accidental injury lawsuits than almost every other cause. However, there are many other methods personal injuries can be sustained and compensation claimed inside a court of law. Kenneth S. Nugent P.C. Attorneys at Law are experts at handling all the most common as well as the more rare causes of personal injuries including:

Motor Vehicle Collisions - Atlanta is definitely an "responsible" state meaning the motorist in charge of inducing the accident is liable for compensating the other driver for personal injury and property damages. However, the proportionate comparative rule also applies. If both drivers are found to become partially responsible for the accident, they are liable for the portion or amount of blame assigned to them. It is very vital that you get advice from a specialist vehicle accident attorney as a way to assess proportionate comparative fault.

Slip And Fall Injuries - These are generally another common accidental injury that bring about a large number of lawsuits each year in the United States. Homeowners and tenants are responsible for keeping their house reasonably safe to avoid any person entering the home from injury. If the injury does occur on their property, the property owner or tenant is liable for any accidental injury damages. However, slip and fall injury cases may vary in the particular injuries that compensation can be claimed for along with the kind of liability for the owner. It really is therefore recommended to get a accidental injury lawyer right after a slip and fall injury.

Assault - This is basically the one instance of accidental injury law in which the actions of your person intentionally caused trouble for somebody else and where no accident or neglect may be the cause. There is generally a criminal element to these cases and injured parties can pursue both compensation for damages inside a civil court as well as press criminal charges. However, one case might have nothing concerning the other and even if your defendant can be found liable for the assault in criminal court, the conviction is probably not accustomed to determine liability in civil court. You should come with an expert attorney provide advice from the quest for both criminal charges along with a accidental injury lawsuit.

Medical Malpractice - Medical negligence lawsuits will be more common than the majority of people would believe. However, as these cases are often settled instead of resulting in a court case, they are certainly not at the same time known. A lawsuit can be brought against a doctor when a therapy, medication or any other procedure that they provided ended in physical or bodily injury to the patient. These cases can be quite complicated and it is highly recommended to call Kenneth S. Nugent P.C. Lawyer for legal advice and representation.

Defamation - Also referred to as slander or libel, defamation will not involve a physical or bodily injury but injury to the type of any individual. There are two aspects that need to be proved inside a defamation case. First, a false statement was developed and therefore it absolutely was defamatory in general. Secondly that it ended in actual injury to the type of your person leading to financial loss of some sort. In some cases, like with public figures or celebrities, actual malice must also be proven. Because of this the statement will need to have been made using the intent to do harm or having a total disregard from the consequences of making the statement. Defamation cases are the most difficult to prove and so it is advisable to have legal representation.

Dog Bites - Pet owners are responsible for keeping their pets secure and preventing them from posing a threat to the general public. If a dog bite does occur, either in the dog owner's property or away from the property, the property owner is liable for the resulting accidental injury damages. These cases are most commonly based on proving negligence by the dog owner as an alternative to intent or accident. In some cases, intent can be proven in which the owner commanded a dog to attack an individual leading to bodily harm.

Workers' Compensation - A company is held liable for injuries to employees while at the job. However, employers normally have insurance against these types of claims that are known as Workers' Compensation. It really is therefore the insurance company that usually decides whether an insurance claim is going to be paid and exactly how much is paid. When an insurance claim is denied or will not provide adequate compensation, call a Workers' Compensation Lawyer to get advice concerning how to earn money from the individual injury.

Elderly Care Facility Violations - This is why a private injury is sustained by way of a person in charge of looking after another within an environment such an elderly care facility or care facility. In these instances, the damage might be of your physical nature but could also involve manipulation of an elderly care facility resident for financial reward. Criminal charges may form thing about this kind of accidental injury claim where physical harm can be charged as assault or where financial losses ensued, fraud. These matters should be investigated comprehensive as a way to provide proof the individual injury or financial loss and whether or not the person involved and the an elderly care facility needs to be held liable.

These are just some of the types of accidental injury cases that Kenneth S. Nugent P.C. Lawyer relates to on a regular basis. Our team of expert attorneys have over 350 numerous years of experience between the two to supply the ideal legal representation possible in almost any accidental injury case. Aside from drawing in the skills of our large team, we also have a pool of resources at our disposal to help in representing including the most complicated cases.

In case you have been injured physically or mentally and believe that somebody else needs to be liable for compensating you for the damages you have experienced, give Kenneth S. Nugent P.C. Attorneys at Law today and find out how we may help you.

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Automobile Accident Injuries

Introduction

Automobile accidents are quite common and therefore you much always take precautions. Prevention is better than cure. But unfortunately, if you happen or get in one, how will you handle the situation? Let’s say you live in Charlotte, North Carolina; do you know the law? Do you know what your immediate reaction should be? This article elaborates all those answers for you.

What should be your immediate reaction?

If you happen to be involved in an automobile accident and one of the parties incurred injuries, the person should immediately be taken to medical care and then you must consult an attorney who is an expert in handling cases of injuries. Sometimes, depending on the injury, the car accident requires a chiropractic treatment.  In that case, you need to ensure that the patient is safely taken to a whiplash chiropractor in Charlotte, NC. There are many aspects you should consider when you get involved in an accident.

What should be your long-term action?

You should involve an attorney only when the accident is major and there is a lot of property damage. If you want to get your vehicle repaired as quickly as possible, it will become counterproductive if you spend your time getting a lawyer for your case which may go on for months. If you have an insurance company’s assistance, you will surely have an attorney. You will be required to have a general release form which states that it is not limited to property damage so that in the future, you would not have to handle any responsibility of injuries even if the other vehicle’s driver is at fault. Your insurance company will not be obligated to have you give up any claim of bodily injuries to settle your property damage claims. Ensure that any form you sign is only related to property damage. If you realize that you were injured by the accident a long time after it occurs, contact an attorney who is experienced in handling such cases.

As an automobile accident victim, if you wait too long before filing your lawsuit against an injury claim, it is possible that you may not receive recovery from the justice system due to your inaction. However, there are exceptions to this law. It does not apply to minors, mentally incompetent or disabled victims. The law of North Carolina has different statutory deadlines for filing your lawsuits in the cases of wrongful death, medical malpractice and North Carolina Worker’s compensation.  

Conclusion

Road safety is extremely important in any place you drive. You need to use as much precaution as you can to prevent such cases and induce harm to yourself or your loved ones. Even if it is the fault of the other driver, make sure you revise yourself with these laws so you are aware of what you are entitled to

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Positive Aspects Associated With Philadelphia Injury Lawyers

The Way to Employ a Malpractice Lawyer

Fortuitously Malpractice Lawyers tend to be more customers than people probably presume. Professional medical malpractice occurs every time a healthcare practitioner fails measures throughout a health or dental operation which induces their individual damage or in several instances, premature passing. Many caregivers must get some kind of liability insurance policies only if any problems occur, however increasingly more and more are picking out with the A number think that malpractice topics may not impact them but that leaves them answerable for price tag should something will wind up occurring. Malpractice can insure an extensive range of topics some which can be bigger although some might be life endangering. When you've already been unfortunate to go through harms along with perhaps a relative on account of neglect afterward employing a DC Philadelphia Malpractice Attorney can substantially affect your own life. Lots of men and women start looking to his or her lawyers on the internet or from the community yellow pages just to be more led into lawyers just interested for earning profits just. Sifting via Malpractice Lawyers might take a while of one's energy and you then may well not discover the optimal lawyer on the requirements. You can expect a few of their absolute most proficient workers and advice readily available for people needing of the Philadelphia Malpractice Attorney. Click here know more about Philadelphia Car Accident Attorney.

You have a right to dollars along with other advantages in case you've already been a casualty of malpractice therefore why don't you benefit from the? With only a bit expert guidance you'll be in the right path to gathering these advantages and having the own life back order. For those who have missed a buddy or member of the family to malpractice then it's more essential you make the most of these expert services. Funeral fees nowadays are by way of the roofing with all a typical funeral costing between $3,000 and $10,000! Together of health invoices and insurance policies premiums that the deceased's family members are made to cover more cash compared to previously.

Malpractice takes place more frequently than we'd expect it'd and the health practitioners aren't setting outside to fail their techniques, it will not transpire. Maintain your own family shielded over those unsure occasions and opt for us to several your malpractice requirements. Nobody should need to go through with the accident along with the anxiety about attempting to discover the most suitable lawyer. By picking our organization we all might help get the optimal Malpractice Lawyer that we've accessible.

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NOVEMBER  2021

“Dr Spooky!”

In the United States & Canada The Media Monopoly also essentially owns and controls our Healthcare Systems Via Big Pharma!  Our Universities and Medical Text Books ETC.  are all influenced and controlled by the BIG PHARMA OLIGARCHS who are responsible for the biggest Crime in the History Of Mankind!   

     I personally have felt the wrath of these SICKO Financial Wizards Via their Frontline Sales Force our “Medical (So Called) “Doctors”!  So I took it upon myself to Research and find out just exactly where the REAL RESPONSIBILITY originated!  It ultimately came down to our 3rd World Rated Healthcare System and the Big Pharmaceutical Companies or DRUG CARTELS that control them!  (See the new HBO Documentary Series “Crime Of The Century” for one example of these animals' work.)  They control the Healthcare Systems subtly and deceptively enough to perpetrate the greatest CRIME of Murder,   Financial Theft (From ALL AMERICAN CITIZENS in the MULTI TRILLIONS of DOLLARS)  This is the most INHUMANE ABUSE in all history perpetrated on the still unknowing Citizens of the United States and Canada!  

     Both Countries rank  behind 3rd World Nations at #36 and #31 with a cost to U.S. Citizens DOUBLE that of France’s #1 On The Planet Rated Healthcare!  France along with all the other Western European Countries have the best Healthcare Systems in the world at essentially half the cost to their CITIZENS than in America!  Canada and the U.S. Rank 3rd World #36 and #31 at twice the cost to the TAXPAYER of Western European’s top Healthcare Systems!

     Our masterfully Deceptive Big Pharmas here in North America at present are managing to induce the citizens of Canada and the United States with “TEN TIMES” the Pharmaceutical Drugs of our genetic and physiologically and financial identical twins in Europe and nobody knows or apparently cares.  

     Using their Frontline Sales Force “OUR MEDICAL DOCTORS” they purposefully and masterfully hook anyone unfortunate enough to fall into the insidious traps of their fancy poisons with their oh so addictive NIGHTMARES  like Oxycodone, Fentanyl,  Benzodiazepines and Antidepressants ETC.

     This sly and apparently loose enough affiliation of WALL STREET Pharmaceutical Companies,  Insurance, Banks, Monopolized Media, Governments, Universities, Hospitals and Med Schools      

Is apparently a perfect example of “The Big Lie” Hitler referred to in his book Mein Kempf which essentially says if you make the lie big enough the tiny percentage that can see it will have no effect on the scammed, ignorant and violated masses you can extort and control!  

     In the North American Countries of the United States and Canada there is an “Elephant In The Room”  and he is an “Emperor With No Clothes” and just like Hitler said the Lie and Crime is so huge only an insignificant very, very few of us can see and therefore actually give a shit!

     We are programmed from cradle to grave that our Doctor’s are always right and we must see them regularly “Ask Your Doctor” , “See Your Doctor”,  “Doctors Orders!” , “Trust Your Doctor”,  The Doctor Is Alway’s Right!”  Just listen to what your TV REPEATS CONSTANTLY to insure we are brainwashed to the full extent!  

     Unfortunately nothing could be further from the TRUTH!  DEATH BY DOCTOR may very well be the leading cause of death in our Society!!!  Right now DEATH BY DOCTOR is formally ranked #3 behind Cancer & Heart Disease but they are only counting the DEATHS BY DOCTOR so blatant that they are forced to admit they caused the death!!!  So you can imagine the real number with all the implications to incomes, malpractice Insurance etc.!  Think twice before you become another statistic under DEATH BY “DOCTOR SPOOKY!!!”

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5 Types of Business Insurance As Well As Why You Need Them

No matter the dimension or attribute of your business, one factor that continues to be the exact same is the requirement for business insurance. There are actually several facets of your business that you'll wish to consider when seeming for brand new business insurance or reviewing your present insurance coverage.

Workers' Compensation Insurance - for your employees

Employees' Comp insurance is actually demanded by law in just about every state. It can easily offer protection for medical costs and also a part of lost salaries for a staff member who ends up being wounded or even unwell on duty. Usually, this type of insurance only deals with injuries or even sickness that occur at work site - for example, if an employee drops as well as slides on a damp floor.

Given that the legislations relating to Workers' Comp can be different depending on where your business is located, it is actually essential to deal with an insurance professional to ensure you're obtaining the coverage that's necessitated, as well as what you need for your particular business.

General Liability Insurance

General Liability Insurance is actually developed to shield you and also your business coming from a wide array of cases, including mishaps, injuries, or insurance claims of oversight. This kind of insurance can assist purchase factors like residential property harm, health care costs, libel, slander, lawful expenses, as well as flawed items. No one expects to receive taken legal action against, however the fact is actually that it is actually always a possibility. You don't wish to leave your business ready for these types of conditions and the more comprehensive the protection, the far better. Necessitated.

Expert Liability Insurance - "Omissions and inaccuracies" protection

Specialist Liability Insurance can additionally be actually referred to as "Errors as well as Omissions Insurance," or "Malpractice Insurance" It guards you coming from suits that affirm neglect in offering qualified companies, offering second-rate work, or even bring in errors or omissions. This kind of insurance is actually especially necessary if you possess a service-based business, yet can easily also be actually needed for other styles of companies. Oversights take place - thus ample Professional Liability Insurance can be handy, even though you do not think you'll require it.

Residential property Insurance.

Without this style of insurance, a lot of tiny businesses wouldn't be actually able to substitute their tools should one thing occur to induce damage or damage. Residential or commercial property dealt with by this style of insurance can easily include properties, computer systems, stock, items, and tools. There are actually 2 styles of Property Insurance: "all-risk" policies deal with merely about every little thing, and also is a good technique to stay clear of replication or overlap of coverage, as effectively as voids in attempting to cover your obligations.

Life Insurance Policy/ Key Executive Insurance - protection as well as advantage

Providing life insurance policy for workers may be a beneficial advantage when making an effort to draw in top notch employees. A business can easily also provide additional coverage for execs. These workers are actually deemed to become critical to the running and excellence of the business and may occasionally need additional insurance, above as well as beyond what the regular fringe benefit give. This can be yet another perquisite in attracting leading talent.

A business can easily supply exclusive "Key Person" policies for staff members without whom the business might not perform. Trick Person Insurance shields against an essential staff member's unpredicted death - many times the advantage volume equals the expected earnings reduction and prices required to locate and qualify a suitable replacement. Your business pays for the superiors, and the insurance is actually looked at a business property.

It is actually possible to mix several of these basic coverages as a package deal policy, usually attributed to as a Business Owner's Policy, or BOP. Numerous insurance providers pack particular protections, and this may conserve your loan, provided that you make certain you get the appropriate type of insurance coverage.

Even if you think you possess sufficient business insurance protection that complies with all your existing demands, it is actually still suggested to examine all your coverage on a yearly basis, to be sure that your insurance coverage remains to offer every thing that you need to have. This is particularly essential if you or even your business have experienced any kind of primary adjustments, like adjustment in family members status, or even a significant boost or even lessen in business activity. Also, make certain to collaborate with a reliable, registered insurance agent or broker, who possesses know-how pertaining to business like all yours.

Types of Business Insurance

Depending on your business, you might require certain kinds of insurance. In standard, business coverage can be cracked down into three broad classifications: insurance for proprietors or partners and crucial staff members, insurance coverage of business profits and residential or commercial property, and responsibility insurance.

Insurance for Business Owners, Partners and Key Employees

If you own a business, you require particular types of coverage depending on exactly how your business is established. These can easily feature, however are not confined to:

- Life insurance - This insurance coverage defends your household if one thing occurs to you. This insurance is vital given that business managers are personally responsible for all the debts of the business if you are the sole proprietor of your business.

- Disability insurance - In the event that you are actually injured or fall ill, disability insurance will certainly offer you along with a profit for a defined volume of time.

- Partnership insurance or even buy-sell protection - If you have a companion in your business, this insurance is going to help you buy your companion's portions and proceed operating your business in the unlikely event of their fatality.

- Critical health problem insurance - If you come to be critically ill, this insurance coverage will certainly provide you a lump sum of funds to aid you via the circumstance.

- Key person insurance - This coverage safeguards you in the unlikely event of the death or even reduction of those staff members that are most important to your business.

No concern the size or attribute of your business, one trait that remains the same is actually the need for business insurance. There are actually several different facets of your business that you'll prefer to take into consideration when appearing for brand new business insurance - or even examining your current insurance coverage. The business spends the premiums, and the insurance is looked at a business resource.

Even if you experience you possess enough business insurance coverage that complies with all your current necessities, it is still a good idea to assess all your insurance coverage annually to make certain that your insurance coverage continues to give everything that you need to have. In overall, business insurance coverage can be broken down right into three wide classifications:

Insurance for companions or owners as well as crucial workers

Coverage of business earnings and residential property

Obligation insurance

Be sure to check assuredstandard.com for more info about business insurance.

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Are You Considering a Massage Therapy Career?

You’ve seen them; people who are trying to juggle stressful jobs, parenting, family obligations, going to school etc. In today’s world, stress is a major cause of both physical and emotional distress. Hypertension, migraine headaches, muscle tension, chemical dependency, depression and anxiety are but a few conditions that often result from carrying a burdensome load of stress.

Traditional medicine can help with stress-induced conditions; but alternative medicine is rapidly becoming a good way to relieve physical pain and de-escalate emotional distress. If you’d like to be a part of the growing trend of alternative medicine, perhaps a massage therapy career is just what you’ve been looking for.

Massage therapy has its roots in ancient China, Greece, Rome, India and the Egyptian era. It is a form of healing where, by touching the patient in many therapeutic ways, a practitioner can relieve pain and promote general well-being. A massage therapy career is lucrative and exciting, although it can be challenging to work with patients with severe conditions.

These days more and more people are taking advantage of the holistic and natural healing arts. Your massage therapy career will provide you with an ability to ease pain and suffering without pills, needles, surgery and machines. Just you, your skills, and your gentle touch can make a difference in peoples’ lives.

How Do I Start a Career in Massage Therapy?

First, you must be willing to undergo intense, specialized training at a legitimate school of massage therapy. To have a career in massage therapy requires full-time training. You must have a high-school education to apply for admission to an accredited school. Massage therapists are licensed medical professionals; you can’t just rent an office and hang out a shingle that says “Massage Therapy Practiced Here.” Practicing massage therapy without a license is a crime of fraud; you can be criminally prosecuted for misrepresenting yourself.

For those wishing to pursue a career in massage therapy, financial aid for tuition is available at most schools. Tuition is usually about $9 per credit hour. For example, if you live in North Dakota, you must acquire 750 hours of education. Your school must be fully accredited, like a university in order for you to obtain state and national credentials in this art.

To make your career in massage therapy, you must pass the National Certification Exam to receive your license to practice. In addition to passing the NCE, some cities have their own regulation of massage therapy. If you live in a state and city that locally regulates your career in massage therapy, you must have both state and local licenses. You can find all the information you need on schools and licensing on many different websites, including NaturalHealers.com. You will also need to acquire malpractice insurance.

As in every licensed career field, if you are nationally certified you must “recertify” every four years by carefully documenting required hours of continuing education programs. Medical ethics are a must in re-certifying; you must have two hours of ethics training for every recertification as any professional who touches patients must have ethics training.

Your career in massage therapy can begin today. Contact the licensing board in your state to find accredited schools – and you’ll already be on your way!

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Anesthesia Articles in JBGSR

Malpractice in the Intensive Care Unit by Evangelia Michail Michailidou* in Open Access Journal of Biogeneric Science and Research (JBGSR)

Abstract

Error in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is a welldocumented and frequent problem. This is understandable as one looks at the complexities of serious disease along with the number of invasive and potentially harmful procedures that are commonly used there. Until recently, allegations of medical malpractice resulting from suspected mismanagement in the ICU were unusual, but there has been a rise the last years.

It is difficult to determine whether the increase in lawsuits is due to a real increase in adverse incidents or to a shift in media perception. There is no question that the aggressive cover-up by law companies dealing in personal injury lawsuits offering to initiate claims on a contingency fee basis has become more common. The Medical Protection Society is experiencing an increasing number of claims generally, and the value of damages awarded is skyrocketing [1].

This includes the insufficient number of ICU beds in the public sector and the acute lack of appropriate nurses in both the public and private sectors. More troubling are the obstacles faced by nurses to apply for critical care and the limited number of critical care nurses graduating. Coupled with a high rate of turnover due to burn-out and greater work openings in other industries and overseas, this leads to a situation where even private ICUs fail to staff their units and retain standards. The mixture of high bed occupancy, chronically ill patients and novice nurses provides the ideal atmosphere for errors and incidents that can lead to lawsuits for damages. The condition is not any different on the medical side. The quality of treatment is that critically ill patients should be treated in ICUs by a team of health providers headed by critical care practitioners with specialty in Intensive Care. Not only surgeons, internists or anesthesiologists without specialization in Intensive Care, which they close holes in the gaps of the health system and do not have the proper education. We are all accustomed to thinking in terms of our primary specialty but this carries many risks. Intensive care training offers the skill to treat the patient comprehensively and systematically, something very important in patients of ICU. Although, we have to mention that there were few unexpected variations in malpractice claims occurring in ICU because of specific medical specialty. Preventive efforts should concentrate on procedures, regardless of the medical specialty, including: 1. Retaining procedural skills, 2. Well-framing of procedural hazards, and 3. Adequately describing post-procedural complications. Skills that are either innate or can be developed through ICU specialization training.

While critically ill patients in the private sector are frequently handled by separate and not suitable always, physicians, these doctors prefer to see the patient at different times of the day, give contradictory orders, and make their own private records. There is no team work usually. Also, under the best of conditions, ICU management often – one would say eventually – results in 'iatrogenic' disorders. John Marshall pointed out that critical disease is potentially iatrogenic and it only exists in people who have survived a life-threatening medical procedure. In addition, the entire structure of serious illness is focused on the effects of original resuscitation attempts or the outcomes of procedures that are regularly conducted in the ICU. It is

Introduction

The plants are part of a rich ecosystem in the soil [1], where bacteria generally colonize the plant rhizosphere and, sometimes, the endosphere. Some beneficial effects for plants may include assistance in getting nutrients and promoting plant growth by modulating growth-related hormones [2]. Other benefits include the reduction of damage caused by phytopathogen [3]. Filamentous plant pathogens can severely attack plants, and in agriculture, this could lead to high economic annual losses [4]. The suppressive soils support soil microorganisms as the first defense against soilborne pathogens. General suppressive soils have a high total microbial biomass, resulting in low protection against multiple pathogens. This strategy is dependent on the quality and quantity of soil organic matter and cover crops that enhance populations of beneficial microbes intended to antagonize associated crop pathogens primarily by occupying plant infection sites [5]. However, specific suppressive soils have a high concentration of specific microbial species and result in high protection against specific pathogens [6].

Cultural practices in agriculture have a strong influence on soil health through physicochemical characteristics and soil microbial communities. Beneficial cultural practices are used to improve soil health and can, in some cases, increase soil disease suppression [7]. According to Schlatter et al. [6], the relationship between soil properties and soil suppressiveness has not been deeply studied. Many different abiotic or biotic soil characteristics have been used to describe suppressiveness, but there is a lack of reliable descriptors.

The plant protection of certain bacteria against pathogens includes a wide range of mechanisms: antibiosis, competition for colonization sites, nutrients and minerals, parasitism, and cell lysis [8]. The protection can be caused by direct action due to antibiotic compounds or indirectly by promoting plant defense as induced systemic resistance [9]. The biological activity is also related to secondary metabolites production, low molecular mass products not essential for bacteria survival produced by secondary metabolism during the late growth phase (idiophase) [10]. These compounds are generally involved in the antibiosis or perform synergism with other inhibitors [11].

This mini-review focuses on some conditions needed to maintain a suppressive soil and the antibiotic compounds produced by the most studied bacteria groups. Because of these molecules' wide diversity, the classification is complex, and several criteria could be taken [12]. In this overview, the work description considers the bioactive metabolites as volatile compounds and non-ribosomal peptides in an integrated and general way difficult to determine the limits between cause and effect and between acceptable complications and preventable negligence [2-5].

Patients who survive a lengthy stay in the ICU are rarely left with life-long complications as a result. Prolonged muscle fatigue, neurological disabilities, and post-traumatic stress disorder involving both the patient and the family are usually described. Who can blame the patient for his anger?

Patients are most frequently admitted to intensive care as a result of an iatrogenic case. Researches showing that more than 21 per cent of admissions had a previous iatrogenic case, the most common being adverse drug disorders, postoperative illnesses and complications of surgical procedures. Personal injury attorneys extend the net extensively and ICU workers may be accused, particularly if the long-term condition is not specifically linked to the initial injury [6].

How do we defend ourselves from legal action that can be both socially and psychologically crippling, not to mention financially catastrophic, if one is not insured? Guidelines and protocols are not always solutions. Hospital managers appreciate directives because they transfer the responsibility to either the writer or the person who failed to obey [7].

The instructions have a position, but are of no value if they are out of date, so impractical that they cannot be complied with or agreed by the workers. There will never be a rule for any case, and there can be no formula for intensive care. By all means have basic rules, but they must be practical, versatile, approved and revised on a regular basis. The most critical thing is to uphold high professional expectations. This means ensuring that all medical professionals and nurses who treat chronically ill patients are critical care experts. In addition, they need to remain up to date with the constantly evolving field of critical care medicine. A multidisciplinary in-house academic curriculum is a positive start [8].

Second, intensive care administration should be focused on a team. The ICU team includes nurses, surgeons, dieticians, physiotherapists and others who contribute to patient care on a regular basis [9]. The team needs a leader, preferably an intensivist, who supports a 'flat hierarchy' and a transparent and efficient contact mechanism. This includes a joint management round where the different practitioners will offer feedback and remind, criticize and help each other [10].

Even a supreme chief cannot defeat a team when it comes to decision-making. Harmonious teaming often ensures that the patient and the family do not get mixed reports about the patient’s success and anticipated results. Holding good notes is necessary, not only as the most effective defensive tool in the (no doubt unlikely) case of a legal problem, but also as part of the contact on patient management. Notes should not only document clinical observations and incidents, but also the explanation why decisions have been taken. It is advisable to retain a copy of one's own reports and share them with colleagues in the patient's hospital folder [11-13].

Finally, maintaining a positive relationship with the patient's family is incredibly necessary, not only to get them navigate emotionally tough times, but also because they are the patient's proxy decision makers. Families need details, but the mistake of overwhelming them with medical care should be avoided. It is more important to give them time to pose questions. It is not generally possible to build a connection with the patient when they are seriously ill, so a follow-up visit after they have left the ICU is an important way to link with them at a personal level and at the same time give them an explanation of what has happened and what the potential effects are. In the case of patients who have died in the ICU, the interpersonal relationship that has developed with their relatives throughout their hospitalization [14].

We ought to have in our mind that most of malpractice cases are brought not out of malpractice or even because of concerns about the quality of medical treatment, but as an indication of frustration about any aspect of patient-doctor or doctor-relatives relations and contact. Intensivists who consider and will react adequately to the emotional needs of their patients are less likely to be sued [15,16]. This can also be transformed into a more accomplished practice of medicine by those doctors who are most mindful of the importance of a positive relationship. For more articles in JBGSR Click on https://biogenericpublishers.com/

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Goodness, Mercy And Disbarment

The New York Appellate Division for the Second Judicial Department has disbarred an attorney who received a series of loans from her client.

The client had sought assistance in probating her late husband's estate.

Respondent learned that the client had received $300,000 in life insurance

During the January 13, 2013, meeting, the respondent told Drewes she needed $35,000 to save the Northeast Christian Bookstore (hereinafter the bookstore) from foreclosure. The respondent and her sister, Mary Gilliam, are the sole shareholders of Goodness and Mercy, Inc. (hereinafter Goodness and Mercy), which owns the bookstore. Home Loan Investment Bank had obtained a judgment of foreclosure against Goodness and Mercy, however, Goodness and Mercy filed for bankruptcy in an attempt to permit the bookstore to continue operating and avoid foreclosure. Drewes agreed to lend the respondent the $35,000. On or about January 14, 2013, the respondent received from Drewes a bank check for $35,000, payable to “Harriet Gilliam.” At the time the respondent received the $35,000 from Drewes, she had neither discussed with Drewes the terms of the loan, nor had she memorialized in writing the terms or the existence of the loan.

After filing the probate petition

In or about March 2013, the respondent told Drewes she needed an additional $65,000 to save the bookstore from foreclosure. Drewes agreed to lend the respondent the $65,000. On or about March 14, 2013, the respondent received from Drewes a bank check for $65,000, payable to “Harriet Gilliam.” At the time the respondent received the $65,000 from Drewes, she had neither discussed with Drewes the terms of the loan, nor had she memorialized in writing the terms or the existence of the loan.

Within two weeks of her receipt of the $65,000 bank check, the respondent told Drewes she needed an additional $50,000 to save the bookstore from foreclosure. Drewes agreed to lend the respondent the $50,000. On or about March 27, 2013, the respondent received from Drewes a bank check for $50,000, payable to “Mary Gilliam.” At the time the respondent received the $50,000 from Drewes, she still had not discussed with Drewes the terms of the loans, now totaling $150,000, nor had she memorialized in writing the terms or the existence of the loans.

There were two later loans

At no time between January 2013 and October 2013, did the respondent advise Drewes of the desirability of seeking the advice of independent counsel regarding the loans. Drewes requested a writing from the respondent memorializing the loans totaling $212,500. Despite Drewes’s request, the respondent failed to memorialize in writing the terms or existence of the loans totaling $212,500. Drewes asked the respondent to execute a document she prepared acknowledging the loans totaling $212,500. The respondent declined to execute the document Drewes presented to her. To date, the respondent has paid Drewes $500 toward repayment of the $212,500 loaned.

As to dishonesty

The respondent induced Drewes to lend her money to save the bookstore from foreclosure by telling and advising Drewes she would be repaid within two years. The respondent induced Drewes to lend her money to save the bookstore from foreclosure by telling and advising Drewes she would be repaid from the expected proceeds of a medical malpractice case the respondent was handling on behalf of a plaintiff. Upon information and belief, the respondent had no such medical malpractice case pending. The respondent induced Drewes to lend her money to save the bookstore from foreclosure by leading Drewes to believe the respondent would be selling the bookstore for an amount far in excess of the amount owed the bank. Upon information and belief, at all relevant times, the bookstore was not listed for sale with any real estate agency or business broker, or otherwise advertised for sale

The respondent induced Drewes to lend her money by telling Drewes that “the Lord had chosen” Drewes to save the bookstore from foreclosure and would make it possible for the respondent to repay the loans. Upon information and belief, it was the respondent who had chosen Drewes to lend a total of $212,500 to save the bookstore from foreclosure.

The referee rejected the attorney's denial of an attorney-client relationship and that these were gifts rather than loans.

The Special Referee found it significant that, in her examination under oath, the respondent repeatedly referred to the monies as loans, and subsequently changed her testimony, insisting at the hearing that the checks were a donation or gift to the bookstore.

Sanction

While the respondent’s public service and contributions to the community are noteworthy, the aggravating factors in this case overshadow any mitigation. The facts as disclosed reveal a scenario where the respondent, in need of funds for her business, took advantage of a vulnerable elderly client whose husband had just passed away. Drewes testified that she was extremely distraught and in mourning when she met with the respondent. Induced by misrepresentations made by the respondent that a sale was imminent or that it was “God’s plan” for Drewes to help, Drewes kept issuing checks for fear that if she did not she would lose the money that she had already given. Although she was unaware that she was being victimized, even Drewes, at some point, realized that it would be prudent to obtain a written document to memorialize the amount of the loans, but the respondent refused. The respondent made no effort to repay Drewes until after she was contacted by an attorney representing Drewes, and even then the respondent has only repaid the paltry sum of $500. The respondent lacked candor and showed no remorse. As noted by the Special Referee, the respondent’s sole assumption of responsibility was her statement, “Well in hindsight, I believe it might have been helpful to have a formal writing.”

Under the totality of the circumstances, we find that a disbarment is warranted.

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Medical Marijuana Exposed

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Medical Marijuana Exposed

Medical Marijuana Exposed

If your application is approved, you will be supplied a testing date and site to select the NCLEX-PN. In other instances, you might want to get in touch with the suitable county department to receive a copy of the application. In case the exam is passed, the training isn’t enforced.

You need to have a physical address for your healthcare staffing agency even if you decide to work at home. As an alternative to finding a means to help, the Head Start worker named CPS. While you might be in a position to run the company by yourself initially, it’s always a very good idea to bring in at least one other staff member to aid you.

The Medical Marijuana Trap

Most of us are decent folks. Now here’s a horrific story for you to consider. Whatever happens, the Cuban folks deserve the reality.

Medical marijuanahas now come to be a known fact to the majority of people. What works for one person might not operate for you, but in case you have a concept of what you’re searching for, dispensary owners will be able to assist or locate an option. While many of the regulations are made to guarantee that the youth below age 21 aren’t drawn into the vicious cycle of abuse, others like capping on cultivation stay ambiguous.

For example, you could create a house health advocacy business which aids patients recover at home after hospitalization. Due to that consultation, clinics and dispensaries are currently increasing in a logarithmic method. The physicians will give you a recommendation should they consider that you actually need it for your health care condition.

Getting your own weed dispensary usually means you can accomplish a whole lot of unique things at the same time. Getting in a position to more fully understand the medicinal advantages of marijuana could result in a decrease of the usage of other, more addictive, narcotics for pain reduction, like opioids. The discovery of the human body’s Endocannabinoid System was a big breakthrough for the science of health marijuana.

Furthermore, many diverse substances containing cannabis are used, making it challenging to study. There are only a few pure indica or sativa marijuanas on the industry. In comparison, it is not toxic and even if the user overdoses, it won’t result in death.

If one is likely to grow their own marijuana, there’ll also have to be consideration on whether the marijuana is being grown inside or outside. Marijuana has been connected with increasing insane behavior. The Source Marijuana comes out of a plant named Cannabis sativa.

Normally, the quantity of years back a check will research is the exact same irrespective of the agency used. It is possible to see your nearby doctor multiple times before you find yourself getting fixed, visit the emergency room to watch for hours and hours before you become treated, or visit a specialty urgent care center that doesn’t have the wait or overhead a huge hospital has. Medical and healthcare professionals are busy men and women who typically avoid telephone sales pitches, so visiting prospective clients in person might be a more efficient method of getting your organization in front of those.

Other interest organizations, including the Marijuana Policy Group, said marijuana can give a massive financial boost. The Doctors Company is the nation’s biggest medical malpractice insurance provider. Obtaining a health card may be a challenging issue to do, as it demands a reference from a physician with a medical marijuana license.

Lucido reported the bill’s intention was supposed to maintain consistency with a greater court that effectively repealed the present law. Getting ASHA-certified makes it less difficult to get licensed in a number of states. Really, it’s going come down to how the Governor prioritizes the matter of health marijuana versus desires to impact the results of the primary and general elections.

What the In-Crowd Won’t Tell You About Medical Marijuana

By 1619 hemp had gotten so essential that the Virginia assembly decreed that each farmer was supposed to dedicate part of his land to the creation of hemp. Several steps are essential in establishing a health courier support. Medical supplies can be https://www.marijuanabreak.com/weed-gets-moldy very costly, since many are based on the newest technology.

Medical and healthcare professionals might be in a position to refer you to other facilities and individuals in your region who need your services. Speak to your state public utilities commission to figure out what licenses and permits have to operate your transport enterprise. You may have to have an inspection by a neighborhood licensing or public health agency before it is possible to start providing respite care.

Medical Marijuana Explained

Each medication is utilized in various cases. Try to remember, even caffeine can induce withdrawal symptoms. For those reasons, cannabis can be employed to lessen the painful signs of gastritis.

The Advantages of Medical Marijuana

The tests you passed to receive your very first license has to be equivalent to the test necessary for licensure in the new state to which you’re applying. Please be aware that other regional permits might also be required. A commercial pilot’s license is insufficient to fly for a significant airline.

The Upside to Medical Marijuana

Everyone must have to have healthcare insurance. As with the majority of other forms of businesses, the precise expenses of starting a taxi business will largely depend on the region where your company is located. It needs to be registered to be a legally operating business in the United States.

There you will discover SBA-approved small small business loan providers in addition to information about obtaining a business loan. If you decide to invest in the organization and purchase their stock, you should make sure the company is functioning well and has a bright future ahead of them. Go in fully prepared and you need to discover that you find it possible to create a really handy company, and one that’s in a position to bring you profit in the very long run.

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Texas Jury Awards $43 Million After Doctor Abandons Patient in a Coma

Last month, a Texas jury awarded a patient $43.32 million in damages after he was induced into a coma and abandoned by the hospital and doctor that was supposed to be treating him. The case, Billy Pierce v. East Texas Medical Center and Dr. Gary Boyd and the ETMC Digestive Disease Center, No. 16-0853-C, was tried in the 241st District Court in Smith County. Following a five-day trial, the jury found that the East Texas Medical Center was grossly negligent its medical care of the plaintiff and its supervision of Dr. Gary Boyd. Dr. Boyd was on probation with the Texas Medical Board at the time of his treatment of the plaintiff, which pursuant to the hospital’s bylaws and policies, should have automatically suspended Boyd from the hospital.

Grossly Negligent Treatment

The 61-year old plaintiff, Billy Pierce, began receiving treatment from Dr. Gary Boyd in April 2014 after being admitted into East Texas Medical Center for stomach pains and vomiting. A CT scan indicated there were stones in Pierce’s bile duct. Dr. Boyd, however, incorrectly diagnosed Pierce with an anatomical abnormality that would render it impossible to surgically remove the bile duct stones. Pierce was then left in a medically induced coma for over a month without receiving further treatment from the hospital or doctor. Eventually, a second opinion was sought by another doctor who rejected Dr. Boyd’s misdiagnosis. Pierce underwent surgery to remove the bile duct stones. Although this surgery was performed without complications, the stagnancy of his treatment led to other serious permanent injuries, including damage to his organs that required him to undergo a liver transplant. Pierce is currently on organ rejection medication, can no longer work, and has experienced a drastic decrease in his overall quality of life.

Dr. Boyd had entered into a settlement agreement with Pierce prior to trial. At the trial of the hospital, the evidence showed that Dr. Boyd should not have been allowed to treat patients at the hospital because he was on probation with the Texas Medical Board stemming from a previous incident during which, similar to the instant matter, he misdiagnosed a patient and performed unnecessary medical procedures. The Board found that Dr. Boyd inaccurately stated the location of his patient’s ulcer and had wrongfully claimed that he performed multiple biopsies to test for cancer. In actuality, the biopsies were never performed. As stated in the hospital’s own bylaws and policies, the hospital privileges of a doctor on probation are automatically suspended.

Although East Texas Medical Center maintained that it did not deviate from the requisite standard of care when treating Pierce, the plaintiff’s attorney called the hospital’s own doctors to testify to refute such contentions. As plaintiff’s attorney, Reid Martin, states: “Three guys told about how Boyd was a problem and that the hospital knew [Boyd] was a problem and didn’t do anything about it. It was beautiful to see,’’ Martin said. “I think that was monumental in a medical malpractice case to have doctors standing up for their patent and against the hospital.’’

The jury found that the hospital was 90 percent liable for the damages, holding Dr. Boyd liable for the remaining 10 percent. As part of its gross negligence finding, the jury awarded $25 million in exemplary damages, finding that the hospital’s conduct involved an extreme risk of potential harm to others. The jury also awarded the plaintiff $18.57 million for past and future pain, anguish, loss of earning capacity, and medical care and expenses.

Prior to the conclusion of the trial, the plaintiff entered into an agreement with the defendant’s insurer that guaranteed a $4 million payout to the plaintiff regardless of the verdict but would also limit the damages to $9 million if the jury’s verdict exceeded that amount. Although substantially less than the jury’s verdict, the agreement avoids unnecessary appellate practice and ensures that the plaintiff will be paid quickly. As Reid Martin, the plaintiff’s attorney, points out: “We got the $9 million because the verdict was above that. That was with no appeals and with money to be paid within 30 days of the verdict.”

By any measure, the verdict is a huge win for the plaintiff, particularly in light of the difficulty of establishing gross negligence.

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What Can You Sue for in a Personal Injury Case in Atlanta?

Many victims of personal injury are confronted with a second challenge after the accident: obtaining proper compensation for their injuries from insurers. When you are wounded in an accident and undergo damages, you may have very high medical costs to pay. 

If the tragedy causes death, not only do the remaining family members have to put up with funeral costs and lack of financial support, but they also have to live with the pain of losing someone they love. 

The laws in Atlanta support accident victims and surviving family members to take legal action to make the guilty person or party pay for damages. The payment can be accomplished through a personal injury or wrongful death claim, or through an out-of-court agreement.

In any case, it is essential to seek legal guidance to make sure you get the full coverage available. The Brown Firm attorneys in Atlanta are here to serve you and can strive to get you the maximum in monetary costs.

Table of Contents

Damages In a Personal Injury Lawsuit

Medical Expenses

Lost Income

Pain & Suffering

Emotional Distress

Frequently Asked Questions

What type of Accident is Considered a Personal Injury Accident?

Should You Seek a Medical Treatment Following a Car Accident?

What Is a Loss of Consortium?

Damages in a Personal Injury Lawsuit

Many personal injury damages are defined as "compensatory." In other words, these losses are designed to compensate the injured party for what has been damaged due to an accident or trauma. 

The purpose of the settlement award is to make the wounded plaintiff "whole" again from a financial perspective (to the extent possible). This implies trying to set a cost estimate for all the repercussions of an accident. 

Some payment damages are reasonably easy to measure, such as the compensation for property damages and medical expenses. However, it's more complicated to put a price on "pain and suffering" or the inability to enjoy hobbies due to physical limitations induced by long-term accident-related health conditions.

There is a range of different types of reimbursement that you may be allowed to get following an accident induced by the misbehavior of another person or company. The at-fault party must pay medical expenses and treatment, lost income, pain and suffering, and so much more. 

Medical Expenses and Treatment

Both past and future medical care expenses should be covered entirely. If you need specific medical equipment or transportation help to get you to your doctor's appointments, these costs should also be compensated. A personal injury damages award almost always covers the cost of medical attention connected with the accident.

Lost Income

You may be entitled to money for the consequences of the accident on your wages and salaries — not only the revenue you've already lost but even the money you've been willing to earn in the future. If you can't get back to the job you had before you got injured, you should have a pay difference between your old and new projects. 

Pain and Suffering

When you experience grief and discomfort as a result of your injuries, you deserve to get compensation. It can be challenging to put a price on how vital your pain is, so it is a great approach to have a journal or records of how your illness is impacting your life. 

In some cases, insurance providers may use a method called a "pain multiplier" to find a way to pay for pain and suffering to reach an adequate number. This usually includes increasing your actual financial losses times, a number that is often (but not always) between one and five percent.

Emotional Distress

If you experience emotional harm due to your injuries, you should be paid for this as well. Psychological distress can include coverage for things such as depression, fear, anxiety, and sleep loss, or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) caused by your accident.

 Frequently Asked Questions

What type of accident is considered a personal injury accident?

Personal injury accidents include car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, medical malpractice, wrongful death, dog bites, and more. If you have more questions contact an injury lawyer and they will be able to assist you,

Should You Seek a Medical Treatment Following a Car Accident? 

The first thing that you have to do after getting hurt following an accident is to get medical assistance as soon as possible. That means if you have even the smallest feeling that you are injured, go to the emergency room or schedule an appointment to consult your doctor. Not only is this the right thing to do for your health, but if you don't see a specialist for some time after an accident, the insurance adjuster and the jury can probably assume that your wounds aren't that severe.

What Is a Loss of Consortium? 

Spouses, parents of minor children, kids whose parents are killed, and other close relatives can undergo a tremendous loss when someone they love is gone. Wrongful death accidents are intended to compensate family members for this immense loss. 

These damages can be challenging to measure, but the jury may consider the relation of the victim and his or her relatives, as well as the age of the victim.

The Brown Firm Lawyers in Atlanta Can Help You Get the Compensation You Deserve

You should never be left without a reasonable payment if you or a family member is injured in an accident. The top Personal Injury Law Firm in Atlanta is The Brown Firm. The Brown Firm understands personal injury cases and can help you to understand the kinds of damages you are eligible to obtain and can assist you in learning what a reasonable payout would be for your accident case. 

Please contact us online or call us today at 912-324-2498 to discuss potential damages in your case and to schedule a free consultation.

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NEVADA ATTORNEY COLLECTION

Seeking Justice for Individuals and Families in Need

I’m Cameron Hughes, a former debt collector in Nevada, who has spent the majority of my career assisting individuals who were in over their heads with debt and being harassed by collection agencies demanding repayment of money they didn’t have.

You’d be surprised at the lengths some unscrupulous debt collectors will go over money, and the more I saw in my former line of work, the more frustrated I became. Just because someone is struggling to pay their bills doesn’t mean they are a bad person. They’re someone who needs help, a solution to their problems, and a plan of action to move on with their lives.

With this in mind, about ten years ago, I began to focus more on collection law reform and how I could personally help people who are suffering through other legal issues. It was then I that I realized I could help more individuals obtain justice by helping them, online.

  Learn More about These Legal Troubles and How to Overcome Them

Nevada Collection Attorney wants to help you pick up the pieces of your life no matter what legal issues you’re facing. Need bankruptcy advice? Been charged with a crime and don’t know where to turn? Are you struggling to work out a child custody dispute or dealing with a work injury and need help figuring out how to get your benefits? If so, you’ve come to the right place.

While we’re not equipped to represent your case in court, we can point you to an attorney who can, after we’ve provided you with a plethora of information you can use to prepare yourself for your case.

With the legal guidance provided through our blog posts, how-to’s, research pages, and breaking-news, you’ll have a better idea of what to expect as you head into your future attorney to secure counsel.

  Medical Malpractice

Medical malpractice is a specific form of personal injury law as it primarily deals with an insurance company. Unfortunately for the injured, these cases can often be tough to win. At the same time, these cases are often trauma-inducing and life changing accidents that could have been prevented and due to some medical professional’s negligence you now have to deal with the consequences. 

It’s important in these cases to bring as much documentation and as many experts to the table as possible to build a strong case against giants like hospitals. 

To learn more about medical malpractice cases, what qualifies as one, and how to move forward to get your life back on track, please read some of my following articles on the subject.

  Premises Liability

I hear stories about premises liability cases all the time: someone slips and falls on your sidewalk; someone gets bitten by your dog; an intruder gets injured; you stubbed and broke your toe at the grocery store. 

Each of these has a distinctly different outcome as well as a set of rules for legal premises liability in your state. Some favor the owner more than the injured party and some the other way around. Each case will have different pros and cons going forward with a personal injury case.

To learn more about premises liability, what it is, how to avoid it, and what to do about it, please read some of my articles on the topic.

  Taxes and Debt

I started off by working as a debt collector. I saw first-hand how people were being harassed when they were down, because, well, I was a culprit. But, I wasn’t proud of it and I never will be. It’s my life’s goal now to help these people get the information they need to get their lives back on track with everything legal, not just taxes or debt. 

Taxes and debt are both topics that people dread and avoid like the plague. Nobody really wants to do their taxes and worse, nobody wants to be in their debt situation, either. The two are mutually exclusive, but obviously, sometimes debt leads to tax issues or vice versa. 

Please read some of my posts about taxes and about debt to learn more about what you can do to either stay out of trouble or get yourself out of trouble with your finances.

  Workers Compensation

This one is right up my alley and close to home. I like to focus on helping blue collar working citizens struggling to get their lives back on track to overcome their obstacles and do it. Workers comp is often one of those obstacles. 

People don’t know what to do when they’ve been hurt on the job: how to report it, when to report it, how to seek out proper medical attention, and how to get themselves some compensation so they can make ends meet while they are off work or disabled from work. Further, if their claim is denied, it can get even worse for them, especially when they really need it.

To learn more about workers compensation and how to address some of the issues above, please read some of my posts about workers compensation.