Medical Justice Partners with LocumTenens.com to Protect Physicians from Meritless Litigation Medical Justice announced a partnership with LocumTenens.com, a full-service physician recruitment firm and operator of the industry’s largest internet job board. Through the partnership, Medical Justice will provide membership and protective services to physicians while on assignment with LocumTenens.com. The Medical Justice program for [...]

Michael J. Sacopulos, Esq. General Counsel, Medical Justice A Connecticut case filed October 4, 2010, highlights the importance of not discussing a case in litigation with your colleagues.  In June 2004, Pediatrician  A performed a circumcision.  Allegedly the circumcision was botched and took the form of a partial amputation.  The child was transferred from Pediatrician  [...]

Aside from the pro bono aspects, it’s good advertising, and educating patients about the truths of the human body does much to counteract all the myths that lead to false and unnecessary concerns.

The first step is to be cognizant of the problem. Make a point of reminding yourself that time is your most valuable resource. Design your care around that truth. That doesn’t mean that your interactions with a patient need to be rushed. It simply means that you must choose to spend, rather than wasting, that time.

On the table for discussion is a legislative proposal in Florida to cap damages of negligently injured Medicaid-insured patients. That cap would be $100k. Some headlines have labeled this as “immunity” which will protect bad doctors. But, it’s not. Under the proposal, doctors treating Medicaid patients would be considered “agents of the state” for limited [...]

While the AMA congratulates the bipartisan Senate effort, we here at Medical Justice find it should not be necessary to applaud them for doing their job… Of course, physicians are relieved that it has not come to the point of turning away patients, but it’s fair to demand answers as to why this is down to the wire yet again. The debt is not in question, so full payment of the reduced rates that Medicare enjoys should not be in question either.