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Oberheiden P.C.

Understanding the Risks (and Costs) of Defective Abiomed Impella Heart Pumps

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Abiomed, Inc., a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, is facing lawsuits across the country related to the company’s Impella heart pumps. Since June of last year, the company has issued multiple recalls for these implantable...more

White and Williams LLP

NJ Appellate Court Rules Investigative Documents Created in Compliance With the Patient Safety Act Are Protected

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Under the Patient Safety Act (PSA), a health care facility’s incident and investigative reports are “absolutely privileged”, says the New Jersey Appellate Division. Earlier this month, the court held in Keyworth v. Careone at...more

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

Ohio Bill Would Ban Practice of Performing Intimate Exams On Anesthetized Patients Without Prior Consent

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Ohio lawmakers are considering a bill – House Bill 89 – that would bar medical, nursing, and other medical-professional students from performing pelvic, prostate, or rectal exams on anesthetized or otherwise unconscious...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

When A High Rating Is Not Good

In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, we now know that well over 1,000 nursing homes “experienced an average overall mortality rate approaching 20%”, according to a recent report from the Office of Inspector General...more

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury...

Rich investors buy up MD practices and seek to strip patient safeguards

Wealthy investors want to enrich themselves yet more, partly by pushing doctors to oust patients from their practices unless they sign away invaluable constitutional rights. These rights can protect them if they are harmed...more

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