If you've been bitten by a dog, it's important to understand how Georgia dog bite laws can protect you. Owners of dangerous and potentially dangerous dogs-and their insurance companies-must pay dog bite victims for damages and injuries if they are found guilty of...
Year: 2020
Why Doctors Stay Mum About Mistakes Their Colleagues Make
A few years ago I called a Las Vegas surgeon because I had hospital data showing which of his peers had high rates of surgical errors - things like removing a healthy kidney, accidentally puncturing a young girl's aorta during an appendectomy and mistakenly removing...
Study: Hospitals charge more than 20 times cost on some procedures to maximize revenue
Hospitals on average charged more than 20 times their own costs in 2013 in their CT scan and anesthesiology departments, according to new research from Johns Hopkins University, suggesting that hospitals strategically use markups to maximize revenue. Read full...
Taylor Proud To Assist In Students’ Virtual Learning
When some of the firm's staff had children experiencing difficulty with virtual learning from home, offered some space within their firm to help. An elementary student, a middle schooler and a high schooler were all able to better access...
Task Force Updates Breast Cancer Recommendations
Mutations in two genes -- BRCA1 and BRCA2 -- are known to significantly increase the risk of breast cancer, but experts have long debated which women should be tested for them.New recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) may help clarify...
Simple post-surgical procedures led to death for one man
A Georgia woman has filed a lawsuit against a large, local hospital alleging malpractice in the facility’s care of her husband. In May, a gentleman fell off a ladder and fractured a vertebra in his back. He underwent surgery on May 4. After the surgery, doctors...
Georgia Has Begun Utilizing Flashing Yellow Traffic Lights, Know What It Means
Georgia DOT is now installing four-section Flashing Yellow Arrow (FYA) signals across the state. The traffic signal includes a flashing yellow arrow that means drivers can turn left after yielding to oncoming traffic and pedestrians (oncoming traffic still has the...
Can Fear of Emotional Distress Associated With COVID-19 Be a “Bodily Injury”?
With the United States now having the highest number of confirmed infections in the world, the nation now finds itself in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this blog post, we continue to explore potential COVID-19 insurance coverage issues, this time focusing on...
Wearing a mask doesn’t just protect others from COVID, it protects you from infection, perhaps serious illness, too
A new report from a hair salon in Springfield, Missouri, shows wearing a face mask isn't just altruistic - it also helps keep the person wearing it from getting COVID-19.And some infectious disease experts increasingly think wearing a mask could mean that even if a...
16 Health Problems You Should Never Ignore
This article is based on reporting that features expert sources.The novel coronavirus and COVID-19 justifiably dominate the health care world these days. But emergency medicine physicians are noticing a troubling trend as a result. According to an April...