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Reform Of Primary Care Could Reduce Costly Diagnostic Errors
Errors in diagnosis place a heavy financial burden on an already costly health care system and can be devastating for affected patients. Strengthening certain aspects of a new and evolving model of comprehensive and coordinated primary care could potentially address this highly relevant, but underemphasized safety concern, say Mark Graber, M.D...

Rite Aid Agrees To Pay $1 Million To Settle HIPAA Privacy Case
Rite Aid Corporation and its 40 affiliated entities (RAC) have agreed to pay $1 million to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today...

EEOC Finds Probable Gender Discrimination In Case Brought By New York State Nurses Association
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GDC Secures Ninth Illegal Practice Prosecution Of 2010, UK
The General Dental Council (GDC), the UK's dental regulator, is continuing to push ahead in its pursuit of people practising dentistry illegally. It has successfully prosecuted the ninth person this year for the offence...

Federal Prosecutors Drop Long-Standing Fraud Charges Against Doctor From The Philippines
"Federal prosecutors have dropped charges against a doctor from the Philippines who went into hiding after being accused of scamming a military health program out of more than $1 million in the 1990s," The Associated Press reports. "The U.S. Attorney's office for the Western District of Wisconsin moved to drop a fraud indictment against Dr...

Bill Giving Malpractice Coverage To Doctors Volunteering In Community Health Centers Faces Stiff Senate Resistance
The Hill: A bill aimed to appeal to physicians to work in medically underserved areas by shielding them from paying for malpractice coverage is facing stiff opposition...

NYC Hospitals Agree To Pilot Program To Cut Medical-Malpractice Costs
The Wall Street Journal: "To cut medical-malpractice costs, five New York City hospitals have agreed to a pilot program to divulge medical mistakes early, offer settlements quickly and use special state 'health courts,' where judges will help negotiate agreements before cases go to trial. The program, funded for three years with $3 million from the federal government, aims to cut the $1...

Md. Democrats Tout Crackdown On Medicaid Fraud; Four Plead Not Guity In Calif. Medicare Fraud Case
The Baltimore Sun: "Touting a favorite program, Lt. Governor Anthony Brown said Thursday the state's health department has found $26 million in fraud and waste in the state Medicaid program. The extra cash will not close the roughly $1.5 billion deficit that awaits the winner of November's gubernatorial election, but Brown argued the extra money will help...

Study Questions Use Of Paid Medical Expert Witnesses In Malpractice Cases
A study by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers found that 31 radiologists who reviewed the CT scans used in a medical malpractice lawsuit did not agree with the conclusions reached by four paid medical expert witnesses in the case...

Patient Rolls Off Operating Table And Dies, Minnesota, USA
Max DeVries, 61, was scheduled for a lumbar drain replacement at St. Joseph's Hospital, St. Paul, Minnesota, following a stroke. While under sedation the patient rolled off the operating table, hit his head on the floor, and suffered acute and significant bleeding. The head blow was at the same spot where doctors had earlier removed part of his skull to alleviate inflammation of the brain...

Wal-Mart Sued For Limiting Employee Medical Care
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is facing a class-action lawsuit in Colorado accusing the company "of conspiring to limit medical care for injured employees in a bid to save money," The Wall Street Journal reports. "The lawsuit alleges that Wal-Mart broke state and federal laws by using a subsidiary to control the treatment for employees with workplace injuries...

Cook County, Ill., Inmates File Lawsuits Alleging Illegal Shackling During Childbirth
Twenty female former inmates in Cook County, Ill., have filed lawsuits against the county sheriff's office claiming they were handcuffed by their wrists or shackled by their legs during labor and childbirth, the Chicago Tribune reports. Last month, U.S. District Judge Amy St. Eve granted the suit class action status. Most of the women were awaiting trial after arrests for non-violent crimes...

Alzheimer's Association Litigation Update
The Alzheimer's Association has become aware of a misleading message from the CEO of the Alzheimer's Foundation of America dated July 19, 2010. We deny and dispute all of the allegations against our Association in this letter and in AFA's lawsuit against us. We are proud of our 30 years of providing care and support to those impacted by Alzheimer's and advancing critical research...

Teva Provides Update On Generic Protonix(R) Litigation
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Nasdaq: TEVA) announced that the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey denied Teva's motion to overturn an April 23, 2010, jury verdict finding the patent in suit not invalid...

Opportunity Missed By Indemnity Review Says MDU
The recommendation for mandatory indemnity for healthcare professionals is not before time, said the Medical Defence Union (MDU), but it is disappointed that the recommendations do not go far enough...