The tort reform has been around for a while. In the United States, it began in the 1950’s. This began with the insurance companies pursuing an anti-lawsuit campaign. [Read more…]
Hospitals Make Money from Their Mistakes
Hospitals profit from their mistakes when insurance companies pay for the extended stays and care patients receive because of surgical errors. According to the New York Times, researchers from Boston Consulting Group, Harvard’s schools of medicine and public health and Texas Health Resources say error rates would decline if hospitals stopped being paid for errors. [Read more…]
Neglect by Nursing Homes
In recent times, it has become apparent that the elderly are not always properly cared for in nursing homes. In an attempt to reverse this trend, the federal government, in 1987, passed the Nursing Home Reform Act (NRA). [Read more…]