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Delay in Diagnosis – not always malpractice – not always a lawsuit 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Delay in Diagnosis – not always malpractice – not always a lawsuit

I would like to start with the following statement – NO ONE SHOULD WANT TO HAVE A MALPRACTICE LAWSUIT. Being a plaintiff (that is what we call the party who files a lawsuit) is not fun. It’s emotionally exhausting, people pry into your personal and professional life, and you spend a year being judged, questioned,…

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Information is Power: A New Tool for Patients 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

Information is Power: A New Tool for Patients

Have you ever read your medical records from your healthcare providers? I know…it is too hard and too time consuming. But if  you read them you might be shocked at how inaccurate they are on some very basic and potentially life threatening ways.  Examples I have seen include the wrong blood type, failing to include…

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What I learned from my partner Dan Frith on Virginia’s New Non-Compete law 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

What I learned from my partner Dan Frith on Virginia’s New Non-Compete law

Elections have consequences. Last year, Virginia’s General Assembly was mostly blue for the first time in decades. Laws were passed that protect WORKERS not COMPANIES. One of these laws, is a total change on how Virginia handles Non-Compete agreements. I have likely written 100 blog posts, podcasts and articles on Virginia Non-Compete law. Heck, we…

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Why did your healthcare trauma cause depression, anxiety or worse? 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

Why did your healthcare trauma cause depression, anxiety or worse?

This week, I received an email from a client explaining how their life is so drastically different now, than it was before their healthcare trauma. They had a wonderful, productive life before. Now, after almost dying, being on a ventilator, losing work, self esteem, etc. – life is much altered. Life is much harder. In…

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Whistleblowers for Nursing Home Fraud 150 150 Bo Frith
  • Bo Frith

Whistleblowers for Nursing Home Fraud

  Fraud occurs with surprising frequency in facilities with especially vulnerable patients. For this reason, nursing homes can be easy targets for Medicare and Medicaid fraud. These facilities are not under as much official scrutiny as hospitals. Nursing home residents are often unable to advocate for themselves. It is up to whistleblowers who have insight…

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Defense Contractor Whistleblowers 150 150 Bo Frith
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Defense Contractor Whistleblowers

The United States spends more on national defense than China, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan, South Korea, and Brazil – combined.[1] For Fiscal Year 2020, the Department of Defense has a discretionary spending budget of $712.6 billion.[2] The federal government spends a significant portion of that amount on goods and…

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Telemedicine and the Coronavirus 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

Telemedicine and the Coronavirus

Yes they are related.  Telemedicine, or the use of remote audio-visual technology to provide medical care has been around for years.  It probably got its first start when smaller rural hospitals used remote radiologists to interpret x-rays, CTs, and MRI studies during the middle of the night or on weekends when local radiologists were unavailable. …

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Whistleblower Protection for Sexual Orientation Discrimination 150 150 Bo Frith
  • Bo Frith

Whistleblower Protection for Sexual Orientation Discrimination

Due to recent developments nationally and at the state level, Virginia workers now enjoy protection from retaliation when bringing forward allegations of sexual orientation discrimination. As we have written about previously, Virginia enacted a sweeping statute effective as of July 1, 2020 providing broad protections for Virginia workers from retaliation for protected whistleblowing activities. Specific…

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How to make the most from your “Mychart” experience 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

How to make the most from your “Mychart” experience

If you have been to a doctor in the last year, it is likely someone asked you if you wanted to sign up for the Health System online portal.  Lewis Gale uses MyHealth One Carilion / Ballad Health / CVS use MyChart Each and every provider has their own way to confirm appointments, offer test…

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Insurance Fraud 150 150 Bo Frith
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Insurance Fraud

We have written before on the various attempts at fraud perpetrated by insurance salesmen. We have also handled numerous cases of egregious insurance fraud. Fraud in the insurance industry is not going away. Banner Life Insurance was recently hit with a $40.5 million settlement for fraudulently increasing the cost of insurance premiums. The case, filed…

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Radiologist Loses Medical License 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

Radiologist Loses Medical License

Why does this keep happening? A Richmond area radiologist,  Michael J. Bigg, MD, has been summarily suspended from medical practice amid allegations of repeatedly missing signs of cancer in his patients’ mammograms.  The Virginia Board of Medicine found Michael J. Bigg’s practice constituted a danger to public health or safety. Dr. Bigg owns the Allison…

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Virginia’s New Whistleblower Law: Timing Is Critical 150 150 Bo Frith
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Virginia’s New Whistleblower Law: Timing Is Critical

Virginia’s new whistleblower protection law, HB 798, becomes effective July 1, 2020. It provides a host of broad protections for employees who suffer retaliatory conduct by their employer. A key aspect of this law is the issue of timing. Understanding this issue is critical to the success or failure of whistleblower claims. Predictably, the business…

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