What to do when you are changing doctors or providers The number one cause of medical malpractice resulting in a serious preventable injury is lack of communication between health care providers. Whether it is the fact that the medical specialists don’t talk to each other or the lab results or x-rays results are lost or […]
A patient bill of rights is a list of what a hospital promises to its patients to protect their interests. In 2001, the United States Congress proposed a bill called the “Bipartisan Patient Protection Act.” The purpose of the bill was to provide comprehensive protections to Americans covered by health insurance plans. Included in the […]
Considering I practice law primarily in the field of medical negligence, I have become accustomed to situations wherein patient safety takes a back seat to profit motives. However, I read with sadness the article in Tuesday’s Pittsburgh Post-Gazette titled Highmark’s ‘Community Blue’ patients rejected by UPMC about UPMC essentially firing patients who are now covered under […]
