Law & Malpractice

, JD, has practiced law exclusively in the areas of asset protection, risk management and wealth preservation for the last 16 years. He helps protect a national client base with more than $5 billion in personal assets, including several thousand physicians. He is a contributing author to multiple books for physicians and a frequent medical conference speaker and CME presenter. 

Videos

Protecting your assets during the 100 deadly days

Articles

Ready or not, office holiday parties are back this year. These are some of the risks that practice owners and leaders should manage to help ensure a stress-free holiday and a positive transition to the New Year. 

Managing office holiday party risks

By making strategic yet affordable investments and undertaking specific basic measures, smaller practices can make great strides to strengthen their defenses.

How ambulatory care practices can reduce cybersecurity risk

In part seven of our look at medical malpractice risk we examine specific liability issues from recent media reports and about physicians and healthcare. 

Medical Malpractice and Asset Protection, Part 7: Real Risks in Today’s Headlines 

We continue our look at asset protection for physicians in the context of medical malpractice claims with a look at the causes of medical malpractice claims and thinking defensively about diagnosis and documentation.

Medical Malpractice and Asset Protection Part 4: Thinking defensively about medical malpractice

Self-employed physicians and medical practice owners face a variety of risks including medical malpractice claims. We continue our discussion of the numbers and facts behind these lawsuits.

Medical Malpractice and Asset Protection Part 2: Numbers and facts

 advises clients on compliance, transactions, government administrative actions, and litigation involving healthcare, cybersecurity, corporate and securities law, as well as False Claims Act and Dodd-Frank whistleblower cases. She also teaches bioethics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Rachel can be reached through her website, 

Recent attacks encouraged new guidelines from the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST).

Cybersecurity and ransomware: Tips, tactics, and updates

While physicians face many financial and legal risks, the elephant in the room is always your professional liability and the risk of a malpractice lawsuit. We start an in-depth look at the facts about these lawsuits including where they happen, who they happen to, and what they cost.

Risk Assessment