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A Victory in the Fight Against Federal PreemptionMarch 5, 2009MARCH 4, 2009 By MARK H. ANDERSON and BRENT KENDALL WASHINGTON -- In a loss for the pharmaceutical industry, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Wednesday that a Vermont woman can sue Wyeth for injuries she suffered after taking one of the drug maker's medicines. Justice John Paul Stevens, in the...United States Govt. Joins Lawsuit vs. McKesson Corp. and Golden HorizonsOctober 16, 2008Oct 6, 2008 (Reuters) WASHINGTON - The United States has joined a whistle-blower lawsuit against McKesson Corp and other companies accused of submitting false claims to Medicare, the Justice Department said on Monday. The complaint says that McKesson set up arrangements to make sure that McKesson's oxygen supplies and other durable...Hospitals Are Not Reporting Errors as Required by LawSeptember 12, 2008Pennsylvania and New Jersey have laws requiring medical providers to report errors. Experts say that compliance with these error reporting statutes is spotty, at best. By: Josh Goldstein - Philadelphia Inquirer Staff Writer Two patients at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia required additional surgery last summer after objects were accidentally...Hospital Stays Can Be Hazardous to Your HealthSeptember 10, 2008Hospital Stays are the 8th Leading Cause of Death in the United States By: Russell Blaylock, MD Odds are high that at some point in your life, you'll need to go to the hospital.You could be struck down by an illness or an injury ”” or perhaps just require some...U.S. Doctors Say that Lawsuits are a Valuable Deterrent to Dangerous DrugsAugust 18, 2008By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, The Associated Press WASHINGTON - Top doctors who run one of the most influential U.S. medical journals are giving the U.S. Supreme Court some unsolicited legal advice about a major case. Lawsuits can serve as ""a vital deterrent"" and protect consumers if drug companies do not disclose...Major Health Carrier Announces it Won't be Paying for Botched SurgeriesApril 3, 2008April 2, 2008 WellPoint won't pay for botched surgeries By Tom Spalding, Indianapolis Star WellPoint has come up with a new way to protect patients from having a routine surgery go awry. It won't pay for them. The Indianapolis-based health insurer today said it has informed hospitals that service WellPoint's...Office-based plastic surgery is risky businessMarch 27, 2008Office surgery incidents: what seven years of Florida data show us. Coldiron BM, Healy C, Bene NI.Dermatol Surg. 2008 Mar;34(3):285-91; discussion 291-2. Epub 2007 Dec 20. Patient safety in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) has received increasing attention, and the Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goals now include specific requirements...Fighting Pressure Ulcers Requires a Team EffortFebruary 20, 2008By AMANDA SCHAFFER Published in the New York Times on February 19, 2008 To understand why some doctors and nurses take bedsores so seriously, it helps to call them by their clinical name: pressure ulcers. An area of skin breakdown that occurs when sustained pressure cuts off blood circulation ””...Medical Providers Using Arbitration Agreements to Deny Justice to Injured PatientsFebruary 12, 2008Arbitration a growing trend in health care By Stacey Burling, Philadelphia Inquirer Staff Writer Within the space of two weeks late last year, Michael and Hedy Cohen, who happen to be experts on medical errors, each encountered what they saw as a disturbing development in the modern doctor-patient relationship. They...Medicaid and Medicare Fraud - Out of ControlJanuary 16, 2008Corporate Whistleblower Center Says Medicare/Medicaid Fraud Out Of Control Americas Watchdog's Corporate Whistleblower Center is releasing its annual report on Medicare & Medicaid fraud, and according to the group things have never been worse. The report focuses on nursing homes, drug/medical device companies, not for profit, and boutique hospitals. The...