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Since there's a new study saying most U.S. Hospital ERs Lack Specialists--compensation and legal liability weigh heavily--Read [Forbes], seemed the perfect time to find someone throwing truckloads full of cash at the problem. Sometimes, it's just too easy. One obviously tony West Palm Beach hospital is overcoming the shortage of brain surgeons, particularly those willing to work the ER: they make them millionaire$. Oh, and they cover their malpractice insurance. We're in the wrong game.Read [Palm Beach Post]
2) Now onto the senior circuit. The National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform said that proposed med mal caps up in the Senate would prompt attorneys not to take cases filed by families of nursing home patients who die because of neglect or abuse. "When total compensation is limited to $250,000, it is often barely enough to cover the cost of bringing a lawsuit against one of the large national corporations that own most of our nursing homes." We're certain senators' offices on capital hill will be getting calls. Read [Kaiser Network]
3) Ah, that coveted second chance. A pediatrician in West Virginia whose medical license was restricted because of allegations of improper sexual conduct at Welch Community Hospital—just masturbating in an examination room in front of a 15-year-old girl, getting a lap dance from a hospital employee and having oral sex with a member of the hospital staff in a car in the parking lot—is suing the heads of the hospital and a state agency for blocking his privilege to practice there again. Read [Charleston Daily Mail]
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