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The act limited non-economic damages (e.g., damages for pain and suffering) in most malpractice cases to $250,000 across all healthcare providers and $250,000 for healthcare facilities, with a limit of two facilities per claim. [43] [44] As of 2013, Texas was one of 31 states to cap non-economic damages. [43]
A recent multi-million dollar class-action settlement brings an end to a nearly decade-old legal battle for local health care workers, a case in which one of the original doctors filing suit died ...
UnitedHealth Group is being sued for allegedly using an artificial intelligence algorithm to systematically deny elderly patients rehabilitative care.. The class action lawsuit, filed Tuesday in ...
The health care system had sued a group of doctors who broke a lease with Prisma Health Baptist, citing poorly maintained facilities and inexperienced staff. ... Prisma Health settles lawsuit ...
Medical malpractice is a legal cause of action that occurs when a medical or health care professional, through a negligent act or omission, deviates from standards in their profession, thereby causing injury or death to a patient. [1] The negligence might arise from errors in diagnosis, treatment, aftercare or health management.
In a series of class action lawsuits, uninsured patients alleged that several of California's largest hospital chains imposed exorbitant fees for medical care and engaged in price gouging. Under settlements reached in cases in 2006–2008, almost a million patients received refunds or bill adjustments, and millions more benefited from reduced ...
Zelman's lawsuit was originally filed on Dec. 6, 2022 in Barnstable Superior Court, before it was voluntarily dismissed without prejudice on Jan. 25, 2023 and refiled in Suffolk Superior Court on ...
Defensive medicine takes two main forms: assurance behavior and avoidance behavior.Assurance behavior involves the charging of additional, unnecessary services to a) reduce adverse outcomes, b) deter patients from filing medical malpractice claims, or c) preempt any future legal action by documenting that the practitioner is practicing according to the standard of care.