Legal

In this month's Legal Eagle column, David J. Goldberg, MD, JD, addresses the question of what private practice dermatologist have to consider with Covid-19 vaccines.

In this month's Legal Eagle column, David J. Goldberg, MD, JD, explores patient reviews and how to handle negative/false reviews that are anonymous.

In this month's Legal Eagle column, David J. Goldberg, MD, JD, explores selling your practice to a private equity interest and the challenges that can follow, including staff shortages and longer patient wait times.

In this month's Legal Eagle column, David J. Goldberg, MD, JD, explores chat room referrals and how they could possibly alter the physician-patient relationship.

In this third part of our webinar recap series, our expert panelists discuss financials involved in the dermatology business and how to navigate debts, profits, taxes, and more.

In this month's Legal Eagle column, David J. Goldberg, MD, JD, dives into wrong-site surgeries and malpractice lawsuits.

In this month's Legal Eagle article, David J. Goldberg, MD, JD, examines physicians being sued for using injectables for off-label procedures, such as for oily skin.

In this month's Legal Eagle column, David J. Goldberg, MD, JD, explores the legality of terminating an employee for refusing a COVID-19 vaccine.

Physicians have an obligation to create a hazard-free workplace, but the question is what legally constitutes a hazard?

In this month's Legal Eagle column, David Goldberg, MD, JD, explains if you can terminate an employee who's COVID-19 diagnosis has negatively affected your practice and led to substantial financial losses.

In this month's Legal Eagle article, David J. Goldberg, MD, JD, examines the legality of whether physicians can be used as an expert witness against non-physicians.

In this month's Legal Eagle article, David Goldberg, MD, JD, explains how to avoid an age discrimination lawsuit from a former employee in your office by bulletproofing human resources (HR) documentation.

David J. Goldberg, M.D., J.D., explains how a terminated employee can violate HIPAA if they access medical records of other associates at their former place of work, even if they find out one of those associates had COVID-19 and did not disclose it to the office.

In this month’s Legal Eagle article, David J. Goldberg, M.D., J.D., discusses the different professional standards of disclosure that a physician must fulfill when treating patients.

While several employees wanted to wear masks upon his office reopening, Dr. Covid reminded them that their state governor and city mayor did not require their use. Now an employee has contracted COVID-19 from a patient and has filed a complaint with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Should he be concerned?

Dr. Joe acquired a new laser prior to the pandemic. Three patients are scheduled for treatment during which he had told them a laser expert would be present. The laser expert deferred due to COVID-19. After carrying out the procedures alone, one patient sues for battery, though there were no adverse events. Is this battery? Can Dr. Joe use COVID-19 challenges as a defense?

In the COVID-19 era, standard of care is still evolving. David J. Goldberg, M.D., J.D., discusses this and more liability issues to consider when re-opening your practice.

David J. Goldberg, M.D., J.D., discusses important considerations regarding telemedicine and HIPAA compliance that dermatologists should keep in mind during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In this Legal Eagle article, David J. Goldberg, M.D., J.D., discusses whether or not you can pay a patient to leave your practice.

A dermatologist performed a large excision on a patient without taking a medication history, and the patient experienced progressive post-operative bleeding. Was he negligent? Dr. Goldberg discusses this hypothetical case and the nuances of physician negligence in this Legal Eagle article.

David J. Goldberg, M.D., discusses what constitutes wrongful termination in this Legal Eagle article.

If the public pays for the training of physicians, can it be argued that the public has an ownership property interest in American healthcare? David J. Goldberg, M.D., J.D., provides his insight.

In this Legal Eagle article, Dr. Goldberg discusses the intricacies of the physician-patient relationship, and how that relationship can still be formed even if you never see the patient.

Teledermatology can be a major part of some dermatology practices. In this Legal Eagle article, Dr. Goldberg discusses the liability issues surrounding telemedicine that could put you and your practice at risk.

How far can drug companies go with off-label promotion? Dr. Goldberg addresses this and more in his latest Legal Eagle column.

The Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) gives the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the authority to ensure that drug/device promotion is not false and/or misleading. But does that mean the FDA can regulate physician comments on drugs and devices? Dr. Goldberg provides his insight in this month's Legal Eagle column.

In this follow up to last month’s Innovations column on intellectual property and technology transfer, Raymond A. Miller, J.D., and Steve Xu, M.D., FAAD discuss how to utilize patents to maximize value for your venture.

David J. Goldberg, M.D., J.D., discusses the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and what you should know to protect yourself and your practice.

It is common knowledge that both not-for-profit and for-profit hospitals across the U.S. have policies of charging uninsured patients more. And some physicians have done the same. But patients are starting to question these policies, landing some hospitals and physicians in hot water.

In this month's Legal Eagle column, David J. Goldberg, M.D., J.D. discusses a scenario in which a physician tries to provide a better treatment option at a lower cost for his underinsured patients by importing medication from another country, but is reprimanded by the FDA. Find out why.