When the medical approach to a particular situation differs among healthcare providers within a practice, such conflict may surface later – in litigation. A 50-year-old teacher visited the medical group of his family care physician because of chest pain and a cold. With his regular physician out of the office that afternoon, the gentleman was seen by a physician assistant.

The California Supreme Court has wrested back into the workers’ compensation system a claim of medical malpractice by a worker who alleged injury from a utilization review decision. The case overrules a lower court decision handed down in 2016. 

CAP is proud to join Stanislaus Medical Society in hosting a free no-obligation CME dinner program. Presented by CAP's General Counsel Gordon Ownby, this program is based on CAP’s most requested risk management resource and critically acclaimed book Medicine on Trial.

In a new opinion addressing allegations of elder abuse, the Court of Appeal explains how evidence of simple “negligence” differs from “recklessness” in a nursing facility setting.

CAP's General Counsel Gordon Ownby sits down with Inside Medical Liability to discuss the second edition of his popular book, Medicine on Trial.