1. New Jersey Among Worst States for Doctors
(Health/Healthquest)

... only Rhode Island. New Jersey received its poor ranking because it has one of the worst malpractice payout levels in the U.S. Criteria used in the Wallet Hub rankings included earning potential and physician ...

2. don't bother filing a claim.
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... by the laws they make and expose their clients to their malpractice without and percussion. "Kill all the lawyers"! Whose quote was that? ...

3. don't bother filing a claim.
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... by the laws they make and expose their clients to their malpractice without and percussion. "Kill all the lawyers"! Whose quote was that? ...

4. don't bother filing a claim.
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... by the laws they make and expose their clients to their malpractice without and percussion. "Kill all the lawyers"! Whose quote was that? ...

5. Preventing Malpractice
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This is an outstanding article with superb questions. Every person should carry this list with them in the event they or a loved one must ask such questions of a doctor.

6. Bizarre but True: N.J. Doctor License Revoked for Performing Surgeries Despite Lack of Proper Medical Training
(N.J./State)

... Law Judge in December issued an Initial Decision that found Kaul had “engaged in gross negligence, gross malpractice and gross incompetence” and recommended revocation of Kaul’s license. The Board has ...

7. Garden State Doctors Leaving for "Greener" Pastures
(Health/Healthquest)

... was found that New Jersey doctors and specialists pay the third most in medical malpractice insurance, which could account for the lack of new, emerging practices in the state. Among the other reasons ...

8. Repeal and Replace Obamacare with This
(Opinion/Commentary)

... time at a modest salary. The other part of the solution would be tort reform. The problem here is that lawyers are encouraged to seek huge rewards in malpractice cases, primarily because they receive ...

9. Newark Trucker Blames Doctor For Long Term Erection
(Health/Healthquest)

... suing Wilmington urologist Dr. Thomas Desperito because of penile implant surgery that left him with an eight-month erection. The medical malpractice lawsuit by Metzgar, 44, is being heard in New Castle ...

10. Study: "Never" surgery mistakes still happening to patients
(Health/Healthquest)

... or wrong part of the body. The study takes in data of medical malpractice claims from the National Practitioner Data Bank. These events were estimated to have cost healthcare industry $1.3 billion in ...

11. Scamming N.J. insurance companies: Central Jersey couple charged with stealing nearly $1.8 million
(Money/Economy)

... negligent in the performance of their duties, for discriminating against employees, and for committing professional malpractice in their profession. The state grand jury indictment alleges that between ...

12. U.S. health care: Is it the world's best?
(Health/Healthquest)

... insurance companies. Increase the number of doctors and other health care providers.  Stop paying doctors for the number of procedures they order for a patient.  And, get realistic about malpractice ...

13. N.J. doctors react negatively to Obamacare
(Health/Healthquest)

... for quite a while.” She said doctors “tend not to stay in our state because it’s easier to practice and malpractice coverage is less costly in many other states…” Campagnolo isn’t the only one concerned. ...

14. Supreme Court healthcare ruling may hurt small businesses
(Money/Economy)

... report that they are being squeezed on both sides of the accounting ledger.  Operating costs -- including ever-increasing malpractice insurance rates -- keep rising.  Many young doctors are still ...

15. Garry Trudeau's 'Doonesbury' comic strip pulled from newspapers for Texas abortion law joke
(U.S./Nation)

... being waged in several states. To ignore it would have been comedy malpractice.” In 1985, Trudeau satirized anti-abortion documentary “The Silent Scream” with “prequel” strips that featured “little ...

16. Wrongdoing of 10 attorneys cost N.J. Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection $646,727 in 2nd quarter
(N.J./State)

... claims and make awards when it is determined that the loss was caused by a lawyer’s dishonest conduct. Cases involving legal malpractices and negligence are handled through civil court actions and fee ...

17. New York Times’ coverage of Ron Paul’s presidential campaign is shameful
(Opinion/Commentary)

... as though he did not even exist on the stage on June 13th. Not only does the Times editorial smack of journalistic malpractice but a deep animus on the part of the Times’ editorial writers, bordering ...

18. OPEC unrest: Who makes the most money from higher gasoline prices?
(World/International)

... to face head-on the corruption and malpractices of government meddling in our lives. Friends, the world tomorrow will be far different than the world today. Muddling through by kicking the can down the ...

19. Report: 49 of 91 N.J. ambulatory surgical centers failed to meet federal safety standards
(Health/Healthquest)

... unlicensed Surgical Practices. Many of these surgery centers are physician-owned, a practice that blossomed ten years ago after doctors became frustrated with low insurance reimbursements and high malpractice ...

20. Botox in 8 year olds?
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... must use only under medical supervision as she is NOT a doctor and in my view it would be malpractice for any physician to authorize this use. Plus her kid is a fatso (like mama) and would never win a ...