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Federal Court Orders Mississippi Nursing Home Neglect Case to Arbitration Based on Resident’s Verbal Consent to Daughter’s Agency
By Beth Graham - July 30, 2018
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi has ordered a nursing home dispute to arbitration based on an individual’s oral consent to her daughter’s agency.
Dallas COA Orders Arbitration Based on Electronic Signature and Click Through User Agreement
By Beth Graham - February 27, 2017
Texas’ Fifth District Court of Appeals in Dallas has ordered a health care liability lawsuit to arbitration based on an online click through agreement and a financial responsibility contract that contained an agreement to arbitrate.
Texas Legislature Considers Measure that Would Require Out-of-Network Emergency Room Providers to Arbitrate Payment Claims
By Beth Graham - March 20, 2015
A bill seeking to establish an arbitration process designed to protect patients who are treated by an out-of-network provider during an emergency room visit from being hit with hefty medical charges is currently before the Texas Legislature.
In-House Conflict Resolution Processes: Health Lawyers as Problem-Solvers
By Beth Graham - July 1, 2014
Professor E. H. Morreim, University of Tennessee Health Science Center- College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, has published a timely article entitled, In-House Conflict Resolution Processes: Health Lawyers as Problem-Solvers, The Health Lawyer 2014; 25(3): 10-14.
Bioethics Mediation at the End of Life: Opportunities and Limitations
By Beth Graham - June 25, 2014
Ellen A. Waldman, Professor of Law at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law has published a stimulating article entitled, Bioethics Mediation at the End of Life: Opportunities and Limitations, Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution, Vol. 15, No. 2, p. 449, 2014; Thomas Jefferson School of Law Research Paper No. 2446758.
Ethics Consultations and Conflict Engagement in Health Care
By Beth Graham - May 29, 2014
Charity Scott, Catherine C. Henson Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Law, Health & Society at Georgia State University College of Law, has published a thought-provoking article entitled, Ethics Consultations and Conflict Engagement in Health Care, Cardozo J. of Conflict Resolution, Vol. 15, pp. 363-423, 2014; Georgia State University College of Law, Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2014-11.
Who is Our Public Health Department Director? (And why does it matter?)
By Holly Hayes - March 17, 2014
Public health departments and health care providers across the spectrum have traditionally not collaborated in providing care in their community. According to Hospital and Health Networks Senior Writer, Paul Barr, that situation is changing.
San Antonio COA Refuses to Compel Nursing Home Negligence Case to Arbitration
By Beth Graham - July 3, 2013
Texas’ Fourth District Court of Appeals in San Antonio has refused to compel a nursing home health care liability lawsuit to arbitration. In The Williamsburg Care Company L.P. v. Acosta, (No. 04-13-00110-CV), several former nursing home residents alleged that a long-term care facility committed a number of acts of negligence against facility patients.
U.S. Legislative Roundup, February 4, 2013
By Beth Graham - February 4, 2013
The following bills relating to alternative dispute resolution were introduced by the 113th U.S. Congress. The session convened in Washington, D.C. on January 3, 2013 and will end on January 3, 2015. Click on the bill number to read its text and on the status link to find the bill’s most recent legislative action. Bills that passed: Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 2013. Amends Title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Ass
Impaired Healthcare Executives Policy Statement
By Holly Hayes - January 25, 2013
The American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) updated their policy statement on Impaired Healthcare Executives in November 2012. We posted here on impaired physicians,but have not posted previously on impaired executives. The Joint Commission (TJC) requires that all hospitals have a process in place to identify and assist staff physicians with health and behavior problems. On its website, the ACHE Statement of the Issue begins: The America
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