Psychiatrist Alfonso Madrid and physiatrist Luis Faura Clavel were accused of federal fraud by the United States Department of Labor. The accusations against them, in short, are for having issued medical reports with fraudulent information as to facilitate an incapacity designation of patients in order…
We are happy that a considerable group of health care professionals, including doctors, nurses, hospitals administrative and management personnel are loyal followers of the articles published by SolerLaw. Our compromise is not only with the victims of medical malpractice and negligence, but with the those…
The prestigious publication of Consumer Reports made an evaluation of the quality of several of the hospitals in Puerto Rico, including the Ashford Presbyterian Community Hospital of San Juan, Auxilio Mutuo of San Juan, Cardiovascular Center of San Juan, Women Hospital of Ponce, Brother’s Meléndez…
During Luis Fortuño’s government, the then Secretary of Health signed the 544-2004 Regulation from the Department of Health. In said Regulation, which defined and created the trauma centers, the possible compensation to medical malpractice victims was limited to only $75,000. The terrible thing of this…
Medicare does not pay medical expenses that are expected to be paid by insurers or by the “Fondo del Seguro de Estado”. That is why, when Medicare pays medical expenses in a medical malpractice case, which eventually is indemnified or damages are paid, due to…
“Shoemaker to their shoes”. Frequently we receive in our offices “cries for help” from medical malpractice victims who have entrusted their medical malpractice cases to attorneys without the needed experience in these types of cases. Typically, they arrive desperately because they have realized their attorneys…
According to the newspaper El Nuevo Día, on April 27th, 2013, Puerto Rico’s medical institutions conglomerate, which operate under HIMA’s umbrella, has just ended their contract with MMM (“Medicare y Mucho Más”) medical insurer, in order to provide medical services to the golden age. According…
Our society has outcast the senior citizen’s population. In the last 10 years, the percentage of elders in Puerto Rico’s population has increased, and it is forecast that it will continue increasing, just like it is happening in the North American population. This makes all…
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APPROVES REPORT TO ELIMINATE THE $75,000 LIMIT IN MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASES
Through its president, the Honorable Representative Lydia Méndez Silva, the House of Representatives Health Commission, issued a report recommending the approval of the P. of the C. 193, which intends to amend the 544 statute of 2004 that created the Department of Health’s 8131 Regulation.…
As discussed some time ago, the past Secretary of Health, Dr. Lorenzo González, administratively amended the Regulation 8131 (trauma centers certification) with the only purpose of unjustly favoring doctors and hospitals by limiting the maximum compensation of $75,000 for the damages sustained by any medical…