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Healthcare Risk Management
August 1, 2002

Justice Department hits hospitals hard for fraud

August 1, 2002

Issue Date: August 1, 2002

Table of Contents

Root-cause analysis: Court steps in to affirm confidentiality in malpractice case
JCAHO defends hospital’s right to keep it confidential
Houston Medical: Of cameras and criticism
Guest Column: Slip-and-fall cases may be routine, but still are a risk
Justice Department hits hospitals hard for fraud
AMA: States are in crisis of liability and of costs
Road to proportional malpractice reform
A new path to prevent deadly MRI accidents
Legislation may give legal protection to patient safety
Legal Review & Commentary: Delay in transfer results in death: $5 million awarded
Legal Review & Commentary: Ambulance errors lead to $10.2 million settlement
Legal Review & Commentary: Failure to notify leads to a $425,000 verdict in NJ

Financial Disclosure: None of the authors or planners for this educational activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients

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