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…
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…
According to the newspaper, El Nuevo Día, on the 29th and 30th of July, the Insurance Commissioner Ángela Wayne came out in defense of Puerto Rico’s health insurance companies, which have to provide medical coverage to patients regardless if they have preexisting conditions. Said requirement…
SolerLaw and his clients have obtained a huge victory in the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston. In the case of Hazel Cruz v. Hospital Menonita, civil 11-2297 (press this link to view the complete opinion, http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/getopn.pl?OPINION=11-2297P.01A), Chief Judge of…