Henry Fenton Discusses Medi-Cal Providers Latest Targets of Aggressive MBC

There is a disturbing trend in California, perhaps fueled to some extent by media and public pressure, to find fault with the care rendered by physicians. It appears physicians are increasingly placed at risk of having their sincere medical judgments lumped under the categories of “incompetence,” “gross negligence,” or “repeated…

Jeremy Miller and Wayne Miller Discuss Physicians and IPAs Struggle With Deselection

Today’s competitive managed care environment has created much tension between IPAs’ physician managers and their physician members. Many IPAs (independent practice associations), under pressure to maintain quality care while controlling the costs to deliver care, are responding by reducing their membership. IPA physicians naturally feel they are being treated unfairly…

Henry Fenton Discusses Physicians and Sexual Misconduct

Just as there has been an increased emphasis on the prevention of sexual abuse and sexual harassment generally in the employment sector in the United States, there has also been a commensurate increase in interest on the part of the California legislature and hospital staffs in preventing and punishing sexual…