Dan Frith, Author at Frith & Ellerman Law Firm, P.C.

Dan Frith
July 31, 2023

Lewis Gale Medical Center – a very sad story!

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Lewis Gale Medical Center (Salem, Virginia) is part of the Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) which operates 186 hospitals nationwide. The hospital (LGMC) is one of two hospitals on the Roanoke Valley. LGMC was recently recognized by the Virginia Department of Health as a Level II trauma center. According to…

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Dan Frith
June 19, 2023

Whistleblower Litigation

Healthcare Fraud: A Call for Whistleblowers

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I recently read an article in the June/July edition of the AARP Magazine on healthcare fraud. The article was titled, “The $80 Million Healthcare Fraud,” and described the criminal activity of a family of chiropractors who operated the Dolson Avenue Medical Clinic in New York. It appears the two brothers,…

Dan Frith
June 16, 2023

Virginia Medical Malpractice

Mothers Die in Childbirth

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I just read an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal, ” Why Is the Maternal Mortality Rate So High in the US?” My law firm sues doctors and hospitals for medical negligence. Despite my job, I have close friends who are doctors and appreciate their many years of education,…

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Dan Frith
June 14, 2023

Do We Need a National Patient Safety Board?

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Not just yes but hell yes! Are people being harmed and killed by preventable medical negligence? Yes again. The Department of Health and Human Services’ inspector general found that 10% of hospitalized Medicare patients experienced preventable harm during hospital stays in October of 2018. I do not know the exact…

Dan Frith
June 7, 2023

Medical Malpractice

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words…or Maybe a Just Result

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Our firm recently and successfully resolved a substantial malpractice case involving the failure to treat a post-operative infection which almost resulted in the patient losing a limb. The client repeatedly saw his surgeon after the procedure and complained of drainage, redness, pain, swelling. All are indications of infection. And guess…

Dan Frith
February 28, 2023

Researching Hospitals to Get Better Care

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Listen to Dan Frith on the Eldercare Success Podcast discussing “Researching Hospitals to Get Better Care.”

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Dan Frith
January 5, 2023

Medical Malpractice

Emergency Room Mistakes: A Scary Report!

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A new study finds that nearly 6% of the estimated 130 million people who go to US emergency rooms every year are misdiagnosed, which translates to about 1 in 18 patients getting the wrong diagnosis.

Dan Frith
October 31, 2022

Home Health Care and Fraud

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Many elderly Americans need medical care at home…they don’t need or want to be in hospital and certainly want to avoid being placed in nursing home. What these individuals need is trained and attentive home health services…and most of the providers (nurses and nursing aids) are just that…competent and caring…

Dan Frith
October 20, 2022

Blog

Ghost Surgery: Does South Korea Have a Better Idea?

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Many people have never heard of “ghost surgery.” What is it? Ghost surgery occurs when a surgeon performs surgery on another surgeon’s patient, and the surgeons are aware of the arrangement but the patient is not. There are legitimate reasons for surgeons to switch places. For instance, one surgeon may…

Dan Frith
July 25, 2022

Medical Malpractice

Experience: Does it really matter?

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Being a medical malpractice lawyer who only represents the victims of medical negligence, I am constantly asked by friends and neighbors “who is a good doctor for______,” or “which hospital has the best reputation for treating_____?”