Healthcare Risk Management – June 1, 2019
June 1, 2019
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Federal Wage and Hour Labor Laws May Confuse Healthcare Employers
Healthcare employers are especially at risk of violating the Fair Labor Standards Act. Many practices common in the industry could violate the law.
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Criminal Charges Can Creep Up on Clinicians, Administrators
Some activities are particularly prone to criminal prosecution if risk managers are unaware of exactly how they are being conducted in the organization.
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Appellate Court Affirms Newborn’s Blindness Not Caused by Physician Negligence
The most important lesson to be learned from this case is that choosing the right expert is crucial — and selecting the wrong expert can be fatal to a party’s case.
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Defense Verdict Vacated in Case of Patient Death Due to Alleged Negligent Preoperative Care
While this case focused on an important legal procedural question, it reveals the types of evidence that may be properly used against healthcare providers in pending malpractice actions.
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Jussie Smollett Incident Shows Need for HIPAA Training, Audits
Firing employees after improper snooping can be appropriate after the fact, but the better solution would be to stop the intrusions in the first place, experts say.
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Microsoft Breach Reveals Risk From Cloud-Based Data Storage
A recent attack on email servers at Microsoft raises questions about the security of protected health information on servers that healthcare organizations use.