Missouri Medical Law Report

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The Medical Law Report is the only newspaper covering legal issues specific to the unique concerns and interests of doctors and health care providers. The newspaper presents legal developments impacting how doctors practice from a risk management perspective (stories on medical malpractice cases only reported by Lawyers Weekly) and from a practice management perspective (stories impacting the business of practicing medicine). These issues are presented in an easy-to-read, useful format designed to help them be better doctors and business managers.

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Fall 2009 issue

Fall 2009 issue:

* Judge: Medical bills law unconstitutional
Courts divided on ‘reasonable value’ of health care costs

* From paper to punitive
Cardiologist wins $10 million libel verdict against St. Petersburg Times

* Was St. Louis neurosurgeon negligent?
Yes, Missouri Supreme Court says. Incompetent? Not quite

* How to succeed in government work
Polsinelli Shughart nails down 10-year, possibly $87 million NIH contract

* Malpractice claims hit 10-year low

Advice

* Take disciplinary process seriously

* What doctors should do if they’re sued

Verdicts & Settlements

* Doctor did not botch liposuction

* Medical malpractice case settles for $1.6M

* Four KC doctors prevail in wrongful death case

* Jury clears cardiologist in malpractice suit

* Jury awards couple who lost son $6.08M

* Jury finds for surgeon in Greene County case

* Jury: Doctor not liable for patient’s stroke

* Doctor, patient reach confidential settlement

* Defense verdict returned in suit over anxiety medicine

Summer 2009 issue:

Summer 2009 issue

* The ups and downs of the Seroquel litigation

* Hernia patch litigation moves forward

* Brief description of medical error triggers coverage

* Tension arises when HIPAA, caselaw meet

* Jury sides with doctor in pay dispute

* Class action settled for $15 million

* The battle over bills

* Jury returns quick win for defense in KC suit

* Jury sides with defense in wrongful death suit

* Class certification affirmed in Vioxx suit

* Extra surgery did not lead to woman’s death, jury says

* Jury clears surgeon of medical malpractice

* Fired employee settles for $42,000 at mediation

* Jury sides with doctors in wrongful death case

* Doctor cleared of causing man’s post-op bleeding

* Patient’s family awarded $530,000 for surgical error

* Jury clears radiologist of malpractice

* Jury finds OB-GYN, hospital did not commit malpractice

* Neurosurgery group cleared of malpractice

* Hospital, doctors settle suit over surgery incident

Spring 2009 issue:

* Telemedicine’s growing use may prompt lawsuits

* HIPAA changes included in stimulus law

* Tips to minimize risk while practicing medicine by phone or e-mail

* Paperless healthcare: New e-prescribing regulations take effect April 1

* ‘Father of Lung Transplant’ wins age discrimination case

* Doctors must prepare for new identity theft rules