Beauty and wellness appear synonymous in American culture, as if one could not exist without the other. With consumers' seemingly endless pursuit of health and beauty, the field of medical aesthetics has exploded, and continues to grow.

CAP has recently received an increased number of requests for assistance with managing disruptive patients.

On November 19, 2024, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a civil monetary action against a mental health center in California for failing to provide a patient with timely access to her medical records.

A mother took her 12-month-old infant daughter, “Olivia,” to a dermatology clinic to assess a spot developing on her scalp that was first seen when she was around 8 months old.

In the realm of medical malpractice cases, those involving a retained foreign object have their own special place in the law.