If you are a doctor who treats chronic pain patients, you may be prescribing strong opioid pain medications on a regular basis. If so, you must be aware of the strict state and federal laws that govern controlled substances and follow all laws and regulations…
As a physician, your license to practice medicine is not just a professional requirement but a symbol of years of study and sacrifice on your part. A complaint filed against your license not only threatens your future to practice medicine but could also threaten your…
Facing criminal charges can be frightening for anyone. However, if you are a doctor, being accused of a crime takes on heightened importance. Not only is your freedom at risk, but you also face the possibility of your medical license being suspended, restricted, or revoked…
If you are a nurse who has been accused of committing a crime, you are probably very concerned about your present situation and your future. You know you’re in a bad situation, where you may be facing not only criminal penalties — fines and potential…
If you are a Florida doctor who is being investigated or has been charged with Medicare fraud by the U.S. federal government, you need to have a clear idea of what is at stake. Just being accused of Medicare fraud could seriously taint your professional…
Nurses working in hospitals and other healthcare facilities throughout Florida, across the country and around the world are experiencing extremely high rates of burnout. Covid-19 has placed enormous pressures on front-line nurses, with each new wave of the virus compounding the stress level. For many…
Just as Florida’s healthcare system felt like it was getting a much-deserved respite, the corona virus Delta variant has once again ravaged Florida’s citizenry, this time by attacking the unvaccinated in our state. Florida is averaging 6,500 new cases per day, a figure that has…
In the past ten years, the legal environment surrounding health care has become increasingly complex. State and federal laws now regulate every aspect of health care, while the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and private insurers exert control with increasingly stringent reporting requirements…
With new COVID-19 cases exceeding 5,000 per day in Florida, nurses on the frontlines have had to quickly adapt to new roles and new procedures in a relentless battle to save lives. They have often worked without sufficient resources, support or protection in a constantly…
As the number of COVID-19 cases in Florida tops 36,000, the challenges Florida’s doctors and nurses face every day are becoming increasingly apparent. From the imminent threat to their own health and dangers of spreading the disease to their families to deciding how best to…
