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- Author:
- Joseph S. Sanfilippo, MD, MBA
Publish date: February 10, 2020
Paid medical malpractice claims have trended downward in recent decades. Why?
Article
- Author:
- Joseph S. Sanfilippo, MD, MBA
Publish date: January 7, 2020
Those who practice unreasonably risky medicine are few and far between, but they drive up medical malpractice claims paid as well as insurance rate...
Article
- Author:
- Joseph S. Sanfilippo, MD, MBA
Publish date: October 30, 2019
How has the Supreme Court decided cases involving restrictions on abortion, reimbursements for service for Medicare p...
Article
- Author:
- Joseph S. Sanfilippo, MD, MBA
Publish date: July 3, 2019
Beginning in the late 1990s, the US Food and Drug Administration cleared more than 150 devices using surgical mesh fo...
Article
- Author:
- Joseph S. Sanfilippo, MD, MBA
Publish date: July 2, 2019
Uterine fibroids can cause abnormal bleeding, pain, and infertility. ObGyns should be prepared to develop a treatment...
Article
- Author:
- Joseph S. Sanfilippo, MD, MBA
Publish date: March 5, 2019
The dilemmas of adolescent consent
Article
- Author:
- Joseph S. Sanfilippo, MD, MBA
Publish date: December 6, 2018
This case demonstrates the importance of knowing which surgical tools are available to you and then providing value by considering cost without com...
Article
- Author:
- Joseph S. Sanfilippo, MD, MBA
Publish date: October 1, 2018
Many decisions made by SCOTUS in the 2017–2018 term concern you and your patients. With Justice Kennedy retired, and his often deciding vote in 5-4...
Article
- Author:
- Joseph S. Sanfilippo, MD, MBA
Publish date: May 31, 2018
The child was born severely handicapped. What really happened in this case, and why?
Article
- Author:
- Joseph S. Sanfilippo, MD, MBA
Publish date: November 29, 2017
Arbitration in health care and biosimilar pharmaceuticals top the past year’s decisions
Article
- Author:
- Joseph S. Sanfilippo, MD, MBA
Publish date: September 26, 2017
The focus of your practice must be the patient. What steps can you take to ensure patient satisfaction and service excellence?
Article
- Author:
- Joseph S. Sanfilippo, MD, MBA
Publish date: May 30, 2017
A patient is pregnant at intrauterine device placement, physician fails to administer pregnancy test. What is the outcome of this case?
Article
- Author:
- Joseph S. Sanfilippo, MD, MBA
Publish date: January 31, 2017
A dubious case of informed consent illustrates the essentials of an ever-changing process...
Article
- Author:
- Joseph S. Sanfilippo, MD, MBA
Publish date: November 29, 2016
A delay in diagnosing breast cancer is a leading cause of malpractice claims against gynecologists CASE After routine mammography results, DCIS fou...
Article
- Author:
- Joseph S. Sanfilippo, MD, MBA
Publish date: September 28, 2016
Abortion, contraception access top the past year’s decisions most relevant to your practiceEach year, the decisions of the Supreme Court have...
