11/19/18
By: Bill Buechner The Eleventh Circuit very recently affirmed a district court’s ruling that a debt collector did not violate the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act even though the collection misstated the name of the creditor to whom the consumer owed the debt. In Lait v. Medical Data Sys., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 31814 (11th…
Office of Inspector General Approves Warranty Program for Medical Device Manufacturer
11/5/18
By: Ali Sabzevari The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General recently approved a medical device manufacturer’s proposed warranty program, which provides a refund to the hospital at which a patient underwent joint replacement surgery using the manufacturer’s knee or hip implant and related products, if the patient was readmitted within 90 days…
6/24/15
By: Abby A. Vineyard Last week, the Georgia Supreme Court held that, where a lawsuit involves a question as to the validity of a hospital lien for charges for a patient’s care, the patient challenging the reasonableness of the charges is entitled to discover information relating to the amounts the medical provider charged other patients…
3/2/15
By: A. Ali Sabzevari Earlier this month, the Georgia Supreme Court rendered its decision in City of Atlanta v. Mitcham, No. S14G0619, 2015 WL 659597 (Ga. Feb. 16, 2015), reversing the Georgia Court of Appeals’ flawed analysis in determining whether a municipality is entitled to sovereign immunity. Last year, I noted that the Court of Appeals…