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The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in a Tennessee case that, like a near-identical case in Kentucky, alleges that a statewide law banning gender-affirming medical care for ...
Providers charged in separate cases included the owner of medical supply business who allegedly billed Medicare for equipment such as braces that people didn’t need, and the manager of a doctor ...
A Lexington doctor has surrendered his license after being sentenced to prison in connection with writing medical orders that resulted in $14 million in fraudulent billing.
Physicians have a duty to act in their patients best interest and can be charged in a court of law if they fail to do so. On the other hand, a physician may be required to act in the interest of third parties if his patient is a danger to others. Failure to do so may lead to legal action against the physician. Medical jurisprudence includes:
Although a 'health care provider' usually refers to a physician, the term includes any medical care provider, including dentists, nurses, and therapists. As illustrated in Columbia Medical Center of Las Colinas v Bush , 122 S.W. 3d 835 (Tex. 2003), "following orders" may not protect nurses and other non-physicians from liability when committing ...
Physician–patient privilege is a legal concept, related to medical confidentiality, that protects communications between a patient and their doctor from being used against the patient in court. It is a part of the rules of evidence in many common law jurisdictions.
The people at risk would be medical professionals — doctors, nurses, pharmacists. ... criminal penalties across Kentucky’s 120 counties or what steps law enforcement agencies can take to learn ...
Authorities have suspended the license of a Kentucky doctor after an allegation that he wrote prescriptions while he was out of the country. The emergency suspension of Dr. Pablo A. Merced, whose ...