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Board subpoenas , Yes (usually); De facto search warrants, No

Board subpoenas , Yes (usually); De facto search warrants, No

TMB personnel face damage claim for illegally trying to search and seize medical records  In the late 1980s, my New York law firm did some work for Robert Atkins involving the New York medical board, (aka the Office of Professional Medical Conduct). The board wanted the records of a number of his ozone therapy patients. The patients didn’t want their records released, so Bob Atkins hired our firm to try to quash the subpoena.   We made precedent, but not in…

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What’s Wrong with American Health Care

What’s Wrong with American Health Care

Recently, the esteemed publisher/editor/writer of the Bolin Report asked me what I thought was wrong with the US health care system. I was taken aback. Even though I have been involved in health care cases, organizations, and legislative initiatives for a long time, I don’t often get asked big picture questions. I thought it might be a nice change of pace to put down some of my observations and general critiques of the system based on my 30 years in…

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