by admin | Nov 1, 2024 | Medical License Defense, Professional Misconduct
Our office recently attended an Administrative Warning, before the New York State Board for Professional Medical Conduct, (OPMC). Under the NYS Public Health Law §230, a “warning” is issued if the director of the office of professional medical conduct, after obtaining...
by admin | May 1, 2024 | Healthcare Law Updates, Medical License Defense, Medical License Restoration
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...
by admin | Apr 1, 2024 | Healthcare Law Updates, Risk Management
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”...
by admin | Mar 1, 2024 | Healthcare Law Updates, Medical License Defense, Medical License Restoration
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...
by admin | Feb 1, 2024 | Malpractice Insurance, Malpractice Judgement, Risk Management
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...