Posts tagged Nevada Injury Law

• California Rates Cardiac Surgeons

  Steve Klearman | July 16, 2007 7:43 AM | 1 CommentReno, NV Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  This from Garth Sullivan, Esq. at Indox Consulting:For the first time, California consumers can find out how individual cardiac surgeons fare on coronary bypass procedures. In a new report, the state has listed bypass death rates for 121 hospitals and 302 heart surgeons. The data is drawn from adult bypasses performed between Jan. 1, 2003 and Dec. 31, 2004. Hospital fees paid for the $1.5...

• Cleaners and Justice Prevail

  Steve Klearman | June 27, 2007 12:25 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Alright: what was destined to happen happened: the greedy unrealistic judge (with an anger problem perhaps) lost. As well he should have. Here's the story as reported by the Reno Gazette Journal on June 25, 2007:WASHINGTON (AP) -- A judge ruled Monday that no pair of pants is worth $54 million, rejecting a lawsuit that took a dry cleaner's promise of "Satisfaction Guaranteed" to its most...

• Nevada Rural Hospitals Survive in Northern Nevada

  Steve Klearman | June 26, 2007 11:08 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Anyone who's spent anytime in Northern Nevada's rural communities knows that healthcare can be an issue. This article comes from John Wheeler, special to the Reno Gazette Journal, and was published on June 24, 2007. When it comes to economic development, rural communities readily see the benefit in attracting traditional businesses, such as warehouses or processing plants.But they might get...

• Tahoe Burning and More Homes Threatened

  Steve Klearman | June 25, 2007 12:27 PM | 2 CommentsReno, NV Category: Miscellaneous
  

  I occasionally detour from the law.Last week my wife and I mountain biked up Angora Lakes Road in South Lake Tahoe, California. Straight up a long hill, beautiful views of Fallen Leaf Lake and Lake Tahoe with two idyllic lakes at the very top and Desolation Wilderness even further above. This week the entire area is evacuated by a fire that has burned more than 2000 acres and South Lake is...

• Northern Nevada Medical Center Hires COO

  Steve Klearman | June 25, 2007 11:04 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Per the Reno Gazette Journal, NNMA in Sparks has hired a new administrator in charge.Northern Nevada Medical Center and Universal Health Services, Inc. announced the promotion of Lisa Wilson to chief operating officer for Northern Nevada Medical Center in Sparks.Wilson was an associate administrator at Northwest Texas Healthcare System, a 489-bed hospital in Amarillo, Texas.Wilson's previous...

• Northern Nevada Hospitals Expand

  Steve Klearman | June 24, 2007 11:00 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Everywhere you look in Northern Nevada hospitals are expanding (and advertising more).This article by Zack Hall from today's Reno Gazette Journal provides detail:The region's major hospitals want people in Northern Nevada to know that the reasons for leaving Nevada for health care are waning.Renown Health, Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center, Carson-Tahoe Regional Medical Center and Northern...

• HIPPA Hints

  Steve Klearman | June 07, 2007 1:02 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Here's a handy guideline to HIPPA that was sent to me by the Institute for Paralegal Education. This was apparently written by attorney Heather Brochu (a short bio is at the bottom of this blog):The primary purpose of HIPPA is to outline circumstances in which an individual's protected health information may be used or disclosed by covered entities.Covered Entities Under HIPPA• Health care...

• Racism and Low Mammography Rates

  Steve Klearman | June 04, 2007 6:43 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  More African American women die of breast cancer. A recent Yale study found, however, that there was no association was observed between perceived racial discrimination and nonadherence to age-specific mammography screening guidelines.D. Garth Sullivan, from Indox Consulting, expands in a recent mass email:Perceived racial discrimination is not associated with nonadherence to screening...

• New Nevada Law Imposes Liability on Those Who Furnish Alcohol and Drugs

  Steve Klearman | June 03, 2007 1:47 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  SB7, effective October 1, 2007, establishes civil liability for certain acts involving the provision of alcohol and controlled substances.Existing law provides immunity from civil liability to a person who serves or sells an alcoholic beverage to another person for damages caused by an intoxicated person as a result of that service or sale. (NRS 41.1305) Section 2 of this bill limits that...

• Nevada Health Care Providers Must Disclose Interest in Physical Therapy Business

  Steve Klearman | June 01, 2007 1:41 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Another Nevada legislative session has come and is almost gone.I will report on interesting legislative developments over the next few months.AB 468, effective October 1, 2007, requires providers of health care who refer patients to or recommendphysical therapy to a patient to provide a written disclosure to the patient of any financial interests that the provider of health care has in a...