News
- Author:
- S.Y. Tan, MD, JD
Publish date: January 9, 2018
Which physician behaviors and health care workplace environments cross the line into sexual harassment?
Opinion
- Author:
- S.Y. Tan, MD, JD
Publish date: December 14, 2017
Has opinion among physicians and lawmakers shifted against legalizing physician-assisted suicide?
Opinion
- Author:
- S.Y. Tan, MD, JD
Publish date: November 4, 2017
What factors are most likely to contribute to diagnosis-related malpractice claims?
Opinion
- Author:
- S.Y. Tan, MD, JD
Publish date: October 6, 2017
What role does foreseeability play when a physician knows a patient may be a danger to others?
Opinion
- Author:
- S.Y. Tan, MD, JD
Publish date: September 10, 2017
Question: Which of the following statements regarding Shinal v Toms, a recent landmark decision on informed consent, is correct?:A. The case was he...
Opinion
- Author:
- S.Y. Tan, MD, JD
Publish date: August 7, 2017
Three legal relative newcomers – health courts, apology laws, and safe harbors – appear to be taking center stage in any forthcoming federal tort r...
Opinion
- Author:
- S.Y. Tan, MD, JD
Publish date: July 13, 2017
What civil and criminal penalties can physicians face when their patients die from opioid overdoses?
Opinion
- Author:
- S.Y. Tan, MD, JD
Publish date: June 14, 2017
What can be reported to the National Practitioner Data Bank, and how much impact can those reports have on physicians’ careers?
Opinion
- Author:
- S.Y. Tan, MD, JD
Publish date: May 10, 2017
When do patients no longer have the medical capacity to make their own health care decisions, and when can surrogates make those decisions for them...
Opinion
- Author:
- S.Y. Tan, MD, JD
Publish date: April 5, 2017
Battles over implied fraud and competing medical opinions may reshape the risk physicians face in False Claims Act cases.
Opinion
- Author:
- S.Y. Tan, MD, JD
Publish date: March 21, 2017
Are malpractice claims really on the decline? And how much protection do apology laws actually provide physicians?
Article
- Author:
- S.Y. Tan, MD, JD
Publish date: January 18, 2017
This is the third installment of a three-part series. Question: Based on case law, which of the following statements is most appropriate regarding ...
Article
- Author:
- S.Y. Tan, MD, JD
Publish date: January 6, 2017
In the 3 decades since Congress enacted the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, the statute has, as expected, spawned numerous lawsuits.
Article
- Author:
- S.Y. Tan, MD, JD
Publish date: December 5, 2016
Penalties for EMTALA violations include fines up to $50,000 per violation, and/or nullification of Medicare provider agreements.
Article
- Author:
- S.Y. Tan, MD, JD
Publish date: October 12, 2016
What steps should you take when your state medical board requests the medical records of an angry patient who has filed a formal complaint against ...
