... Southern California nursing home $100,000 because of a patient's death from a preventable fall. The resident, who was admitted to the Aviara Healthcare Center for physical therapy after undergoing hip surgery, was involved in two fall accidents over a 24-hour ... stored, but the wheels were not locked. In addition to the $100,000 fine--the maximum penalty that California law allows, Aviara Healthcare Center received an "AA" citation. The state also fined the Southern California nursing home $16,000 ...
June 27, 2009 12:20 pm
... , 2006). Unspecified "FDA letters" were granted judicial notice in Schering-Plough Healthcare Products, Inc. v. Schwarz Pharma, Inc., 547 F. Supp.2d ... Those expire. Instead, it's necessary to find and use the URL for the actual search itself. Don't understand? Well, neither did we at first. So ... FDA-approved PMA is desired (no supplement), just replace the "SupplementNumber" portion of that search screen with the phrase "SupplementType=NONE". That is, [www.accessdata.fda.gov] will give you a link ...
June 25, 2009 04:29 am
... reform Regional lawmakers, doctors join campaign supporting a public … Aggressive timetable for healthcare reform hits snag Health-Care Cuts Could Shift Costs 'Public ... HealthBlawg Malpractice Legal Blogs on Blawg.com Posts tagged with Patient - Justia Blawg Search - Law Blogs … Blawg Review #187 Blawg's Blog by Bill Gratsch ... Reform Succeed This Time? Reconciliation Rules - Not Bipartisanship - Will Kill Health Care … Healthcare reform's cost prompts delay The New Republic: Health Care Lobbyist ...
June 18, 2009 04:35 pm
... and healthcare entities. Once a drug or medical device has been approved or cleared by FDA, generally, healthcare professionals may lawfully use or prescribe that product for uses or treatment regimens that are not included in the product's approved ... two years ago. Over the last couple of weeks there's been a rash of stories in the media (as this Google search demonstrates) that a drug called Zileuton - approved by the FDA for the treatment of asthma - might be effective in treating, or even ...
June 18, 2009 03:13 am
... ? Easy. Cut Care. UPI NewsTrack TopNews Obama Calls Geisinger Model for Healthcare Lobbyists Spend Millions Fighting Over Obama's Universal Health … Hotline After ... Defective Medical Device Recall Injury Lawyer Posts tagged with Defective - Justia Blawg Search - Law Blogs … Dangerous and Defective Medical Devices and Drugs Legal … ... 18 Congressional Subcommittee Meeting … Digitek Death Lawsuit Filed by Denver Attorney - Law Blawg Information Blawg Review: Independence Day Edition McDonald's Coffee ...
June 17, 2009 03:32 pm
Tom Stitt and Dana Lewis host a weekly "tweetchat" on healthcare communications and social media, known as healthsocmed or hcsm. Last night, Daniel Goldman, legal counsel at The Mayo Clinic, aka @danielg280, and I, aka @healthblawg, were lawyers- ... the session. @HITshrink posted some organized excerpts from the stream on his blog; check them out for a more orderly taste of the experience. Kudos to Tom and Dana for making this happen. David Harlow The Harlow Group LLC Health Care Law and Consulting
June 15, 2009 03:15 pm
... spent in the current recession trying to divine what that next Great Idea is. Green Energy? Healthcare Reform? The Wuggie? How about free labor? A story on NPR this morning profiled Ariel Horn, ... method lets these guys keep their mojo while they're searching, doesn't that stand for something? Is the business model a blatant violation of the Fair Labor ... endorse them? Does he have to worry about distracting them from their job searches if their brainstorming is successful, but they don't get paid ...
June 15, 2009 12:53 pm
... enthusiastic and supportive of other legal professionals and tweets interesting medical news. @AlisonDoyle: Alison Doyle is a job search expert, book author and career columnist for About.com. Every day she tweets excellent job search information and links. ... news. Plus, she has a wry wit that I enjoy. @consultdoc: Mark Browne, a physician consultant, tweets the latest healthcare news. @corporette.com: This list wouldn't be complete without some great career dressing advice and interesting trend ...
June 14, 2009 05:46 pm

The Real Change we need: Health Care Reform 2009

(Thomas A. Sharon, R.N., M.P.H.)
... is straightforward. We simply have to look at the root causes of the 28 never events and have Congress pass the laws needed to transform the behavior and attitudes of health care workers. Here is what one portion of that legislation would look like: ... ? Human Rights Watch Concerns on Uzbekistan Oregon lawmakers propose big health care expansion Senator Rockefeller patterns a healthcare 'reform' bill on the … Health care, sunny days, and heaven and hell TA Barnhart American Cancer Society Cancer ...
June 8, 2009 08:16 pm

New York Law Journal Decisions of Interest

(New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library Blog)
... Rights Jail's Clothing Exchange Procedure for New Inmates Not Unconstitutional Strip Search NEW YORK COUNTY Civil Practice Accounting Malpractice Suit Goes Forward; ... v. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Subscription Required NEW YORK COUNTY Landlord/Tenant Law Former Mitchell-Lama Tenants Properly Plead Misrepresentation; No Notice of Non- ... Insurance Law Class Size, 'Delta' Information To Be Produced In Suit Over Insurer's Use of Flawed Database The American Medical Association v. United Healthcare Corp. ...
May 28, 2009 04:17 am

In-House Is No Haven

(InHouse Insider)
... retain her in a different position at its new headquarters in Richmond, Va. Her job search ended well: She started work as vice president and chief employment ... their pick of candidates. Clement Revetti Jr., chief legal officer at Philips Healthcare, based in Andover, Mass., says his in-house recruiting service sends him ... counsels boards of directors. Another teaches compliance. Some make themselves attractive to law firms by bringing in business. Meridian's Berger cites a highly compensated New ...
May 28, 2009 03:03 am

FY 2010 IPPS: Federales sucker punch the hospital industry

(HealthBlawg :: David Harlow's Health Care Law Blog)
... a small number of indicators that are predictive of other quality performance measures. (Two key people who agree with this perspective are Don Berwick of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and Leah Binder of the Leapfrog Group, each of whom I've had the opportunity to talk with about this issue, among ... is open through June 30; a final rule is expected by the end of July, and new rules and rates will be effective October 1. David Harlow The Harlow Group LLC Health Care Law and Consulting
May 24, 2009 12:17 pm
... "Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals, Root Cause Analysis and Healthcare Failure Mode & Effects Analysis" isn't working either. It's the ... the hazards and horrors of hospital and nursing home care, truth in advertising laws will require health care institutions to have signs over their doors saying, ... put on hold after patient death US and International Healthcare Leaders to Share Strategies for … Healthcare Leaders to Address Patient Safety and Reform at the … Evangelical Community ...
May 23, 2009 11:13 pm
... turned to writing. In 2006, he published the first of two books critical of the pharmaceutical industry. The Whistleblower: Confessions of a Healthcare Hitman was an autobiographical expose that recounted Rost's days at Pfizer and his attempts to speak out against the ... company corruption. It's a surprisingly large list. What do you think it is about this industry that makes companies break the law so often? Peter Rost: I think, number one, because it is highly regulated, so there are lots of ...
May 23, 2009 12:59 pm
... with official state advance directives forms, if requested. Although state laws vary, advance directives typically come in two forms: Designation of an agent (or "proxy" or "surrogate" or "durable power of attorney for healthcare") to specific a decision-maker at any time a patient cannot speak ... .1092 nkottkamp@mcguirewoods.com Kara M. Friedman 312.750.2781 kfriedman@mcguirewoods.com Scott Becker 312.750.6016 sbecker@mcguirewoods.com Subscribe/unsubscribe to e-mail lists Search our news archive
May 22, 2009 07:21 am
... this model proxy access bylaw for those companies seeking to take advantage of the new amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law, which allows companies to pick and choose their own proxy access process. I imagine we'll see a ... allows investors who hold a 4 percent stake for two years to nominate a candidate.) In 2003, California-based Apria Healthcare adopted a policy to allow shareholders to submit names for inclusion on its ballot, but the company's board can reject those candidates, ...
May 21, 2009 05:23 am
Catherine O'Driscoll Holistic Canine Healthcare series **** Online Canine Healthcare Lecture Series - In your own home, at your own convenience Three content-rich lectures for only £29 (less than £10/$15 each ... She is the author of two seminal best-selling books, What Vets Don't Tell You About Vaccines, and Shock to the System - as well as In Search of the Truth About Dogs, voted best DVD of 2008 by the Dog Writers' Association of America. Catherine is the founder of Canine Health Concern, which ...
May 14, 2009 04:42 pm
... money if we let them stay in the game, we can be certain that a health care reform bill being passed into law is imminent. However, the big question is, what is health care reform going to look like? We have two published proposals from ... and other nurse groups, Senator Bernie Sanders from Vermont, a self-proclaimed socialist, consumer advocacy groups like Healthcare Now and the 77 member progressive caucus of the House of Representatives. The basic argument is that insurance companies cannot be ...
May 12, 2009 07:55 pm

EEO/iNews - Articles/Reports/Books

(New York Public Personnel Law)
... Blog 5-12-09 Reports Ø Littler: The Emerging New Workforce: Employment and Labor Law Solutions for Contract Workers, Temporaries, and Flex-Workers (April 2009) Ø Health Care Equality Index: Rates 166 U.S. healthcare facilities on their policies and practices related to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community ... Access: Breaking Down Barriers: An Administrator's Guide to State Law & Best Policy Practice for LGBT Healthcare Access (May 2009); noted here [Ed.: Not EEO but ...
May 6, 2009 04:12 am
... inspiring, and educational posts; I tried to group them into categories to make things more manageable and navigable. Healthcare Provider Experiences At Healspiel, a Los Angeles medical student describes an experience that she had with a young woman dying of breast ... that deals with the screw-ups and very shaky ethics of cryonics enthusiast, Bob Nelson. Dethmam then started me on a search regarding the subject of head transplants and grafts. I didn't have to look far... and what I found was not ...
May 6, 2009 12:47 am
 
 

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