Drug Company Trained Sellers to Ignore Drug Risks
Eli Lilly & Co reportedly trained sales people to downplay the risks associated with the drug Zyprexa and to promote its use beyond the approved treatments for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder....
View ArticleMedicare Won’t Pay for Medical Errors
Medicare has put 10 “reasonably preventable” conditions on its initial list of reasons why it will stop paying hospitals for the added cost of treating patients who are injured in their care. Medicare...
View ArticleNursing Home and Hospital Injuries and Errors May not be Covered by Medicare...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) may increase the number of events they refuse to reimburse nursing homes and negligent hospitals for carrying out. Currently nursing home residents...
View ArticleThe Intersection of Medical Malpractice & Product Liability–the Meningitis...
The pain injections associated with the fungal meningitis outbreak have only been recalled for a little more than a month. However, hundreds have already been infected as a result and two dozen have...
View ArticleHealth Officials Warn of Meningitis Outbreak — 13,000 May be Affected
Besides facing basic day-to-day life challenges as a result of various age-related medical conditions, senior residents face increased long-term consequences from medical issues that affect people of...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court to Hear Important Generic Drug Case
Many comedy skits have focused on the relationship between senior citizens and their medications. Over the past few decades there has been an explosion of medications available help patients deal with...
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3 Things To Do If A Hospital Stay Made You Sicker
Your Hospital-Acquired Infection May Have Been Prevented Medical errors can lead to fatal infections and are now the third leading cause of death in the US. Johns Hopkins patient safety experts say...
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Be Confident Referring Clients To This Chicago Law Firm
“Levin & Perconti Does the Best Job with Nursing Home Cases Here in Chicago.” – McCready Law Firm Many cases we handle at Levin & Perconti are referred to us by other attorneys who may not...
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Nationally Recognized Nursing Home Abuse Law Firm
Levin & Perconti 2020: Recovering 74+ Million for Clients Last year, the attorneys at Levin & Perconti obtained more than $74 million in total settlements for their clients, placing the firm...
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Patient Safety Book Highlights COVID Nursing Home Care
Medical Malpractice Briefing Includes Facts on U.S. Nursing Home Industry’s Failed Response To COVID The 2021 update to the briefing book Medical Malpractice: By The Numbers, published by the Center...
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