Healthcare Update Satellite — 08-28-2014

Good news is that the number of medical malpractice cases in Pennsylvania is decreasing. Bad news is that if you practice medicine in the Philadelphia area, you’ve got a big target painted on your back. Philadelphia accounts for only 12 percent of the state’s population yet in 2013, 40 percent of medical malpractice trials resulting in verdicts took place in the city. Philadelphia medical malpractice plaintiffs won 45% of trials, more than any other jurisdiction and significantly higher rate than the national average. Looks like we’ve found another place to avoid when looking for your next place to practice medicine. Regulating a longstanding practice out of existence. Remember going to your doctor’s office and seeing those walls full of pictures of babies that the doctor delivered? Yeah, that’s illegal. Violates HIPAA. Travelers from Liberia still being transferred via commercial flights to Delhi and Mumbai. A few with fevers were quarantined … after they arrived … while the others were required to be tracked daily by local authorities for the following month. Meanwhile, most major airlines are suspending service to the “crisis zones.” With the ebola hysteria comes hysterical actions. Woman on a Delta Airlines flight in Florida was kicked off the airplane because she “looked tired and drowsy.” Staff stated that if she did not get off the flight, they would call the authorities. Delta gave her a $20 voucher fo...
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