Personal Injury

Centers for Medicare Services (CMS) plays a major role in defining what constitutes acceptable medical care. As our population continues to age, and more Americans become Medicare eligible, the center’s influence will grow. The Centers for Medicare Services CMS (Medicare and Medicaid) currently pays over a trillion dollars a year for medical care, medication and medical devices and equipment. That

Rule 702 provides for the admission of expert opinion testimony if the expert is qualified based upon experience education and training, to give the opinion and the opinion will help the jury resolve an issue in the case. ARS § 12-2604 adds requirements for expert witnesses offering testimony in claims against health care providers. The statute applies to standard of

Medical standards of care are influenced by direct and indirect factors. This article addresses some changes initiated by both The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Obamacare) and the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). The standard of care requires health care providers to act with the knowledge and skill expected of others in the