Professional Malpractice
This is FindLaw’s collection of Professional Malpractice articles, part of the Litigation and Disputes section of the Corporate Counsel Center. Malpractice law provides the rules and procedures for holding professionals responsible for the harm that results from their carelessness. People depend on doctors, lawyers, accountants, and other experts to perform their jobs prudently. All states provide a means for malpractice victims to pursue recourse, but some jurisdictions place caps on the amount of money a victim can recover. Law articles in this archive are predominantly written by lawyers for a professional audience seeking business solutions to legal issues. Start your free research with FindLaw.
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Professional Malpractice Articles
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The Statute of Limitations for Childhood Sexual Abuse in Illinois
Article provided by Joseph G. Klest. Please visit our Web site. Sexual abuse is a devastating event. It can have lasting physical, mental, and emotional consequences. And when a child is abused, it often takes years and even decades to fully uncover ...
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Rhode Island’s New Consumer Orientated Health Care Law: A Model
Health care professionals and providers, insurance companies and health maintenance organizations ("HMOs"), and individual consumers and groups are all praising the passage of the "Health Care Accessibility and Quality Assurance Act" (the "Act") by ...
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Public-Private Partnerships in Canada in 2005
This article surveys the evolving Canadian experience with public-private partnerships (P3s) and the opportunities that are developing across the country in health care, energy and infrastructure. Canadian provinces and territories are increasingly ...
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Statute of Limitations in Head-Injury Suits
The Statute of Limitations defines the time limit during which a head-injured person can file a lawsuit. The Statute has two main purposes: to make sure that any potential defendants are not forever at risk for a lawsuit and to encourage that ...
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OIG Publishes Draft Compliance Guidance for Individual and Small Group Physician Practices
On June 7, 2000, the HHS Office of Inspector General ("OIG") published a draft compliance program guidance for individual and small group physician practices. The draft guidance appeared in the Federal Register in Volume 65 at page 36,818 and on ...
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Physician Unionization
An increasing number of physicians are seeking to join or form unions. Hospital-based physicians have effectively unionized in many states as a means to have a voice in decisions affecting patient care, such as staffing levels and the required ...
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Operational Policy Letter: Medicare + Choice (M+C) Organization Appeal and Grievance Data Disclosure Requirements
This operational policy letter (OPL) provides guidance on the manner and form in which M+C organizations will be expected to comply with disclosing grievance and appeal data to eligible Medicare individuals upon request. In order for plans to ...
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New External Appeal Law in New York
The New York State Legislature recently passed a law permitting independent external appeals for denials of coverage by health plans. The new law took effect on July 1, 1999 and contains statutory mandates in the Insurance Law and the Public Health ...
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Pursuing a Medical Malpractice Claim in Illinois: Be Aware of the Statute of Limitations
If you have been injured, or if a family member died through the negligence of a doctor or hospital, you may not even know it. Unfortunately, many, if not most, incidents of medical malpractice go undetected or unreported according to a recent ...
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Rules for Mediation
1. Mediation is a process under which an impartial person, the Mediator, facilitates communication between the parties to promote reconciliation, settlement, or understanding among them. The mediator may suggest ways of resolving the dispute. 2 ...
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