Recent Newsletters
Schaum Law is dedicated to not only serving the medical professions, but also corporate real estate and other property agreements. We produce a periodic newsletter that is directed toward informing our subscribers to changes in laws that may have a positive or negative effect on their practice or them personally.
Physician Privileges
As reported in the New York Law Journal, a recent court ruling in the United District Court of the Eastern District of New York held that a voluntary physician cannot sue a Hospital under its bylaws, - in this matter Northwell Health, Inc. - for race discrimination...
ERISA Benefits
September, 2024 To: ALL INTERESTED PARTIES Insurance companies have long sought to claw back deemed overpayments to beneficiaries. To this end, an interesting case, reported in the Law Journal, was recently ruled upon in the Southern District of New York. The...
Covered Services
July, 2024 To: ALL INTERESTED PARTIES The issue was recently presented to our office, - may an “in-network,” (INN), physician establish a new and separate practice in order to bill a carrier as an “out-of-network,” (ONN), entity? A physician presented the fact-pattern...
Professional Corporations
June 2024 To: ALL INTERESTED PHYSICIANS A recent event experienced by a client leads us to ask the following questions - Have you reviewed whether or not your maintain professional corporations or similar entities which you have not utalized for many years? If the...
Health Care Provider?
May 2024 To: ALL INTERESTED PHYSICIANS We were at a meeting at New York Hospital some years ago and one of the physician participants mentioned that he had heard the phrase “health care provider” being used to describe a cardiologist colleague. The use of the...
Echoing Effect from Ruling
April 2024 To: ALL INTERESTED PHYSICIANS It should not come as a surprise that last year’s Supreme Court ruling on abortion rights would quickly echo in the federal court system. A matter brought in the Northern District Federal Court is an example of this “echoing”...
Select Counsel Wisely
March 2024 To: ALL INTERESTED PHYSICIANS We have written before concerning the activities of physicians when being contacted by the Office of Professional Medical Discipline (OPMC) but predicated by the numbers of calls we receive from individuals it seems appropriate...
Malpractice Insurance
February 2024 To: ALL INTERESTED PHYSICIANS We are in the opening weeks of the New York Legislative session and it is an opportunity to forecast the issues which will affect the medical profession. The interplay between medical service organizations and the practicing...
Negligence Claim
January 2024 To: ALL INTERESTED PHYSICIANS It is a safe assumption that in most cases involving negligence issues the defendant would prefer to have the case tried in a federal court, if possible, while for the plaintiff the corollary is true. The basic reason-...