Medical Coder Donning An Expert Witnesses Garb The career path for informed medical coders is practically endless. But here’s something that might have never crossed your mind – that of an expert witness. When providers are audited or pulled into court cases because the feds suspect them of false claims, defense attorneys quite often incorporate [...]
YouTube wins Viacom copyright case Viacom’s bn copyright infringement suit has been dismissed Viacom’s US billion copyright infringement lawsuit against Google’s video-sharing site YouTube has been dismissed by the court, ending for now an acrimonious legal battle between the companies that has been going on for more than three years. Read more on TechWorld Judge [...]
Varsity Weighs in on Cheerleading as Sport Debate The debate about cheerleading as a school sport has figured prominently in the headlines this week. Quinnipiac University is in federal court in Connecticut to determine if the proposed elimination of its women’s volleyball program violates participation requirements of Title IX. Read more on PR Newswire via [...]
www.medleague.com Why do patients sue for malpractice? What is the role of the medical record in how legal cases are screened for merit? How should health care providers address delay in treatment & failure to rescue patients? Why it is so important to have legible orders? Pat Iyer answers these questions and more based on [...]
What to Do If Accused of Patent Infringement Patent violations do occasionally happen accidentally. With research tools and the high level of technology available, patent violations shouldn’t happen accidentally very often, but they do. Nor is it unheard of to be accused of a patent violation when there isn’t one. Either way, fast action is [...]
