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Did You Know?
Sexual abuse is a form a medical malpractice
Sexual abuse of or sexual misconduct with a patient is also a serious issue. Six to ten percent of psychiatrists surveyed confessed to having engaged in sexual contact with a patient and in a longitudinal study.
Whenever you go to a Arlington medical professional for consultation
or treatment, it is expected that the doctor, nurse, or physician
will treat you with the top quality the medical profession demands.
Medical Malpractice is a doctor's failure to exercise the degree
of care and skill that a physician, surgeon, or any other medical
professional would use under routine circumstances.
Program Payments for Medicare Beneficiar
1The classification of counties into urban or rural groups is based on the list of metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) defined by the Office of Management and Budget. For the purpose of this table, a rural area of residence is defined as an MSA with fewer than 50,000 resident population.2The July 1 enrollment counts used to calculate fee-for-service program payments per enrollee do not include Medicare enrollees in managed care plans.|
3Excludes Puerto Rico, Guam, Virgin Islands, in Virginia
Amount in Millions
3,703
Per Person Served
4,882
Per Enrollee2
4,465
Urban program payments Amount in Millions
2,543
Urban program Per Enrollee2
5,054
Urban program Per Person Served
4,576
Rural Program Amount in Millions
1,160
Rural Program Person Served
4,543
Rural Program Per Enrollee2
4,238
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of Information Services: Data from the Medicare Decision Support Access Facility; data development by the Office of Research, Development, and Information.
Medical Malpractice is a serious issue in Arlington hospitals
and is a leading cause of wrongful death. Over 225,000 people die
from medicalmalpracticerelated
injuries in a single year.
Arlington Verdicts and Settlements
Virginia family awarded $2 million in hit and run death of daughter
(10/8/2004)
A Loudoun County Circuit Court jury yesterday ordered a former Sterling lawyer who struck and killed a 15-year-old girl with her Mercedes on a Fairfax County highway to pay more than $2 million in damages to the victim's family. The jury ordered Jane
There are many different ways you or someone you know can be seriously
injured as a result of medical malpractice. The following are several
of the ways an individual can die due to medical malpractice:
Surgical Malpractice
Medication Errors
Bacterial Infections
Birth Injury
Dental Malpractice
Diagnosis Error
Negligence
Wrong Site Surgery
Gastric Bypass Errors
Dental Malpractice
Breast Implant Malpractice
Emergency Room Errors
Elder Abuse / Nursing Home Neglect
There are many other ways to experience debilitating personal injuries
due to medical malpractice and the negligence of doctors, nurses,
or other medical professionals. You can contact us if you have any
questions pertaining to wrongful deaths, personal injuries, or medical
malpractice.
One of the most frequent causes of wrongful death in Arlington
is medical malpractice. Thousands die each year and this kind
of wrongful death is not filed or goes unnoticed. Contact us if
you think a relative or someone you know in Arlington has died
as a result of medical malpractice.
Debate over Malpractice Reform
Audio, RM, 44 Kbps, 5:54, 2/1/2005
One of President Bush's top domestic priorities this year is health care. He frequently speaks about medical malpractice reform and is proposing a cap on non-economic damages. But some critics say those types of damages aren't the problem. Source: National Public Radio
Arlington External Sites
Virginia: Bureau of Insurance's Medical Malpractice
Virginia Bureau of Insurance. ... button image Notice to writers of medical malpractice insurance (PDF). button image File format requirements (XLS) November 8, 2002
To: All Companies Writing Medical Malpractice Insurance in Virginia. Re: Reporting of Medical Malpractice Closed Claims Pursuant to Virginia ...
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News about Medical Malpractice cases in Arlington and nationwide:
Definition:
A disturbance of the brain function that causes confusion and changes in alertness, attention, thinking and reasoning, memory, emotions, sleeping patterns and coordination.
Joint-and-several liability
Definition:
Liability in which each liable party is individually responsible for the entire obligation. Under joint-and-several liability, a plaintiff may choose to seek full damages from all, some, or any one of the parties alleged to have committed the injury.
Subrogation
Definition:
A process by which a third party is put in the place of a creditor so that the rights and securities of the creditor pass to that third person.
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Program Payments for Medicare Beneficiar
Virginia: Bureau of Insurance's Medical Malpractice