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Think Twice About “Maximum Medical Leave” Employee Policies
By Antoinette Oliver and Elaina Smiley The recent $1.35 million settlement that Princeton HealthCare System must pay to former employees ...
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Health Care Employers Should Prepare for Overtime Changes
By Gary M. Sanderson Health care employers are increasingly facing liability for failing to pay workers overtime wages as required ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
