It's every employer’s nightmare. Your star salesperson has left the company and started working for a competitor. It gets worse; your IT department confirms that the sales person took the company's confidential information with them. Employers […]
Did you know there are many cloud service providers in the cyber industry? Probably so. But did you know that cloud service providers may be operating in a country outside the United State? Whether you did or not, you may not realize that cloud service […]
Creditors face any number of perils when an account debtor files for bankruptcy – loss of sales, likely risk of collection of amounts owed, legal fees and more. One more challenge a creditor might encounter is a possibility the now-bankrupt debtor […]
If the behavior makes the physician a continuing threat to public welfare, a physician is required to report it to the Texas Medical Board. Otherwise, a physician may report to the Texas Medical Board, the Texas Medical Association, or to a hospital […]
There is a clear imbalance of power between a physician and a patient. The patient exposes himself or herself and is highly vulnerable. No matter what the patient says or does, a physician will be held to higher expectations. The physician must at all […]
If you are a focus of a health care entity investigation, before you resign clinical privileges or let them expire, resolve any such investigation and confirm that no affirmative report to the NPDB will be filed against you. Get assistance from a health […]
In a decision likely to provide the business community with a greater degree of certainty regarding forum-selection clauses and venue for lawsuits, the U.S. Supreme Court recently addressed the procedurals available to a defendant in a civil case who […]
It is used to inform health care organizations (such as hospitals, health plans, state licensing boards, and other health care regulatory entities) of a "reportable event." NPDB reports are used, along with other source data, when a practitioner is considered […]
The difficult economic circumstances of the last few years have affected employer/employee relationships in a number of different ways. One of these effects has been that fewer employees changed jobs. During a period of high unemployment, […]