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Medical Credentialing in Washington State

MedTrainer

ProviderSource is the single source for provider credentialing and privileging information, as established in 2009 by state law. Comprehensive background checks help rule out any criminal history, malpractice claims, disciplinary actions, or other records that might send up red flags. Background Checks.

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Health Provider News – November 11, 2022

Hall Render

US flu hospitalization rate highest its been since 2009 swine flu pandemic, experts say. After record-breaking malpractice award, Coralville clinic files for bankruptcy. Supreme Court Weighs Whether Medicaid Residents Can Sue State-Owned Nursing Homes. The Revolution That May Finally Disrupt Traditional Healthcare.

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Always Liability Increases (ALI)?  Not Yet with Medical Monitoring.

Drug & Device Law

There was an insufficient time to discuss the Torts: Medical Malpractice draft. 2009); and (3) Minnesota, despite its requiring juries to find that claims of “subcellular damage[]” constituted “present physical and biologic injury.” Actions Taken Membership voted to approve §§48D-48F (Sepulcher) of the draft. Philip Morris USA, Inc. ,

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Confident Learned Intermediaries Defeat Warning Causation

Drug & Device Law

They’re experienced at what they do and aren’t intimidated by plaintiffs’ counsel and their threats of malpractice claims if they don’t testify the way plaintiffs want them to. 2009), reversed a plaintiff’s verdict for entry of judgment n.o.v. July 8, 2009) (applying California law); Nix v. at 1150 (citations omitted).

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Live Free, or at Least Have a Present Injury

Drug & Device Law

Because the Blog’s 50-state medical monitoring survey is relatively old, dating from 2009, we’ll take this opportunity (since Bexis already did the work in his amicus brief) to update the law – at least for the defense side (no need to do the other side’s research for them). 2009); In re Hanford Nuclear Reservation Litigation , 534 F.3d

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Removal, Severance & Rule 21

Drug & Device Law

That started us thinking about other uses of severance of non-indispensable parties to preserve diversity – particularly, as in the Rejuvenate case, medical malpractice defendants in product liability litigation – to preserve federal diversity jurisdiction. 2009 WL 1809990 (S.D. 2009)); here (discussing DeGidio v. Ohio 2009)).