In a colorful and blunt opinion, the California Court of Appeal spared few words in saying what it thought about a hospital’s legal strategy to defeat a suit brought by a physicians group alleging unfair competition. Physician-hospital policy wonks, read on.
The California Court of Appeal has ruled that a psychologist who failed to appear for a licensing board-ordered psychiatric exam has no grounds to challenge the subsequent suspension of his license.
Physicians and their staff have a hard enough time getting their patients to understand the urgency of undergoing follow-up testing. When the condition looks serious and a frequently traveling patient has a history of noncompliance, getting him or her to a specialist – or to the ER – may be what’s called for.
Writing another chapter in the courts’ long-running narrative over how to characterize certain types of medical facility injuries, a new case offers guidance on whether such injuries are governed by California’s Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA).