Dr. MedLaw: Restrictive Covenant
Q: All the employed doctors at my hospital, even those who were not up for contract renewal, just...
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Medical Law
Dr. MedLaw: EMTALA Violation
Q: I am on an ad hoc committee at my hospital looking into an EMTALA problem that we are trying to...
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Dr. MedLaw: Service Dog
Q: I own a small medical building in which my office is located. The problem is that one tenant, a...
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How to Navigate a Patient’s Right to Die
In the United States, patients frequently die under the care of strangers in an impersonal...
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Physicians Should Acquaint Themselves With Medical Board Rules
Along with the tremendously high ethical and professional standards placed upon physicians comes...
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Legally Terminating a Physician-Patient Relationship
A physician’s sworn duty is to care for all of their patients with the goal of alleviating...
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A Comprehensive Malpractice Insurance Plan Can Protect Physicians
Many physicians are acutely aware that although accidents are a natural element of human nature,...
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Dr. MedLaw Q&A: Exit Processes With EMR Vendors
Q: I want to change EMR vendors but the current company is holding me up for big fees. How is...
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Dr. MedLaw Q&A: Addressing Intellectual Property
Q: I’m a pediatrician and my wife is a software designer. We were talking about combining these to...
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Wrong-Site Surgeries May Lead to Malpractice Suits
Although they rarely occur, wrong-site surgeries are incredibly stressful and damaging events....
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Dr. MedLaw Q&A: The Legal Doctrine of Intervening Superseding Cause
Q: The rule at our ASU is that a patient who received sedation should not drive after discharge,...
Read MoreUnderstanding Negligence
To err is human. Doctors are human. Doctors will therefore err. …and doctors understand this. However, when doctors look at the law, they want to know why their mistakes are called “negligence,” a term that, to them, insults...
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Dr. MedLaw: Answering Qs About Self Payment to Reduce Taxation, Following Consult-Provided Advice, & Using Patients’ First Names
A friend told me that he reduces the taxation of his solo internal medicine practice by paying...
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Informed Consent: More Than Just Handing the Patient a Form to Sign
Informed consent is an essential element of medical care that physicians must not take lightly....
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Build Back Better Act: Could Its Health Provisions Affect Your Revenue?
The Build Back Better Act, H.R. 5376 (BBBA), is a framework intended to set the United States on a...
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Freedom & Flexibility: How COVID-19 Forever Changed Remote Patient Monitoring
Looking back at a year and a half of significant changes to our way of life, it is easy to become...
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Dr. MedLaw: Understanding “Captain of the Ship” & How it Applies to All Physicians
The term “captain of the ship” is one of the most misunderstood in medical malpractice law. Most...
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Physicians’ Risks of Covid-Related Malpractice Suits
Since the Covid-19 pandemic’s emergence, coronavirus-related negligence cases have appeared,...
Read MoreImproving Cybersecurity to Protect Your Patients and Practice
Inadequate cybersecurity presents great risks to physicians, as healthcare is among the most targeted industries. Healthcare clinics and hospitals face cyberattacks almost daily. According to tech research company Comparitech,...
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The Dangers of Medical Identity Theft
Identity theft has been well covered in the media, and most consumers know to protect their...
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