Healthcare Administration
Legal
When Should a Physician Hire Personal Counsel in a Medical Malpractice Matter?
By Maraleen D. Shields Pennsylvania law requires physicians to maintain at least $500,000 in primary professional liability insurance coverage. The ...
Legal
Defense Investigations—An Ounce of Prevention Just Might Keep You Out of Jail
By Anthony C. Vitale Just about every day there’s at least one story published in a newspaper somewhere in the ...
Healthcare Administration
Developing an Investment Strategy that Considers Enterprise Risks
By Craig Standen Healthcare executives are facing an increasingly complex operating environment, where growing pressure on margins is resulting in ...
Practice Management
How to Take Customer Service in Your Medical Practice to the Next Level
Maintaining a level of outstanding customer service throughout a patient’s visit plays a critical part in retaining loyal patients as ...
Legal
Changes in Pennsylvania Law Eases Countersignature Requirements for Physician Assistants
By Anna Bamonte Torrance Recent amendments to the Pennsylvania Medical and Osteopathic Practice Acts have changed the supervisory physician’s countersignature ...
Legal
Severance Agreements May Go Too Far
By Beth Slagle Earlier this year, a former case manager at a Lehigh Valley hospital sued her employer for age ...
Legal
Healthcare Workers Under the Influence
By Elaina Smiley In January 2014, patients slapped a Dallas hospital with a lawsuit after a neurosurgeon, accused of drug ...
