Law & Malpractice

Physicians' legal and financial planning must properly protect their assets, businesses, and family. These basic questions about your planning will help you determine if you've done enough.

Physicians need to consider what they might need to do in order to repurchase their medical practice-then get those provisions in place before agreeing to the sale.

A recent announcement by CMS for comments may be a welcome reprieve for physicians.

Any medical practice with multiple owners must have a funded buy-sell agreement in place to protect the partners and their families from the death or exit of a partner.

Three steps to avoid your NPI from being used improperly … and what to do if it already has.

New state legislations may have unintended effects on non-compete agreements.

Patient interactions with staff are just as important in shaping the relationships between medical practices and their patients. Here's how employees can help avoid a lawsuit.

Now more than ever, it’s important to take proactive steps to prevent being sued.

The good doctor argues the need for malpractice tort reform.

These common mistakes can put you at risk of a lawsuit.

Physicians need to understand agency, the six types of authority, and their relationship to emergency departments.

Five strategies to avoid a malpractice suit no matter where a physician practices medicine.

It never hurts to ask whether you can get out of a medical device class action suit.

Physicians have a responsibility to uphold ethical standards and ensure the people they associate with do, too. Otherwise, they risk their reputation being tarnished by association-or worse.

A Texas physician’s indictment should serve as a reminder of the Hippocratic Oath and that honest doctors often suffer by their dishonest peers exposed in the press.

Physicians may be eager for the financial rewards of recruitment deals, but they need to understand such enticements can become a tremendous burden.

Despite express prohibition regarding the use and/or the sale of PHI by unauthorized individuals, doctors and companies still did it-and paid.

Understand how to protect-and avoid infringing on-copyrights, patents, and trade secrets at your practice.

Addressing a patient’s ability and willingness to pay for services upfront can go far towards a practice’s financial health.

Two DOJ cases provide important reminders to physicians on listing the proper provider for claims and to meet testing guidelines.

Medical practice owners and execs need to understand and protect their intellectual property, as well as avoid legal exposure of infringing on the legal rights of others.

Here are four steps you should take if you want to hire a new physician that may be hampered by a non-compete provision.

Blockchain is one of the hottest words in cybersecurity. Best to know what it is.

April 15 is around the corner. Here are mistakes, scams, and misinformation to know when filing your taxes.

A member of your medical staff has potentially dangerous psychological issues. You don't want to be insensitive, what are your choices?