According to the article “Grave el cuadro de salud mental en Puerto Rico” by Benajamín Torres Gotay, published in the newspaper El Nuevo Día on January 16, 2017, mental health problems in Puerto Rico are bigger than what was imagined. According to an epidemiologic study…
According to The Washington Post’s article titled “Top Republicans Say There’s a Medical Malpractice Crisis. Experts say there isn’t”, published on December 30, 2016 by Chad Terhune, Republicans believe that the increase in medical insurance premiums and doctors going out of business is due to…
Last October 4, 2014, the Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico decided that “forum selection clauses” are illegal and cannot be included in the documents to be signed by a patient as a requirement prior to receiving medical attention. This is the case of Hospital…
On February 3, 2014, Puerto Rico’s Legislature approved Bill Number 5 in order to amend the Health Insurance Code. The amendment states that only the doctor is the one who can decide over the hospitalization of the patient. Therefore, the determination regarding the hospitalization of a…
Three doctors from Puerto Rico have pled guilty to fraud to the extinct Board of Medical Examiners and pled guilty before the Federal Court for the District of Puerto Rico. These accusations are part of a group of approximately 90 accusations from the federal government…
According to an article on February 18, 2014, by “El Nuevo Día”, the Health Insurance Administration (“Administración de Seguros de Salud” or ASES) will try to recover 9.7 million dollars, for payments made twice to twelve insurance companies. These insurance companies provided services to beneficiaries…
Judge Olga Gacría Vicenti from the Court of First Instance, Superior Court of San Juan, issue a $5 million dollars ($500,000,000.00) sentence against the Pediatric Hospital of the Medical Science Campus, in a case where the plaintiff alleged that medical malpractice caused cerebral damages to…
According to the article titled “Malpractice: Savings Reconsidered” published on October 13th, 2009 by the Fact Check Organization’s web page, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has revised its opinion regarding the possible limits on medical malpractice liability due to new evidence. The CBO concluded that…
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 5,600 times in 2013. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about…
For a second year in a row, Attorney Pedro Soler had the honor of being asked to be Sebastián Rosado’s companion in the event titled “Córrelo, camínalo o ruédalo”, a fund-raising activity for the Vidalegre Camp of the Centro María de los Ángeles. In a…