Business Law Health Law Committee

Hospital liable for adopting policies that failed to protect female mental patients against the risk of sexual assault. Read more

DHCS may recoup the cost of Medi-Cal services from pay-on-death trust beneficiary. Read more

Nursing Board may revoke license for unprofessional conduct and dishonesty in assessing the transfer of a residential care facility resident. Read more

California Supreme Court to decide whether claims for negligence, elder abuse, and wrongful death against entities providing Medicare benefits and services are preempted by Medicare Part C (42 U.S.C. § 1395w-26(b)(3)). Read more

A city may not administer ambulance services after delegating those services to the surrounding county. Read more

Under the Knox-Keene Act, healthcare service plans must reimburse hospitals for emergency medical services to their enrollees based on either an agreed-upon contractual rate or the “reasonable and customary value” of the services. Read more

MICRA limitations period bars personal injury action claiming patient fell because ER nurses negligently failed to accompany her to the restroom. Read more

Federally qualified health center must report nonreimbursable costs that “materially” relate to clinic operations to allocate overhead costs. Read more

A durable power of attorney authorizes an attorney-in-fact to execute a residential care facility’s stand-alone arbitration agreement. Read more

Hospitals are not required by consumer-protection laws to make price disclosures beyond what state and federal healthcare laws mandate Read more