Attorney James A. Jackson specializes in white collar crime, fraud and other legal issues. He is interested in unusual, difficult cases. Send email to: jaj48@aol.com James A. Jackson
A couple of his Letters to the Santa Cruz Sentinel:
Prize hokum (pblished Sunday, March 14, 2010)
“David Sweet advises that if we only leave Afghanistan, the government can guarantee reasonably paid jobs to all of us. I am sure they all nodded yes to this in his sociology class, but here in the real world this is prize hokum. Short of putting us all in the Re-elect Obama campaign committee, how will the government, which has no money but ours, do this?
Lift that barge, tote that bale.” by James Jackson, Aptos jaj48@aol.com
“Why do you publish the Amy Goodman tripe weekly? Might I suggest a once-a-year story for her: Somewhere a child cries, somewhere a sparrow limps. Blame the United States of America. Somewhere a life is saved, somewhere medicine is delivered. Praise the United Nations.”
Below is an RSS feed concerning medical malpractice. Click on an article to read the entire article.
Latest Trial Against Wyeth Hormone Drug Starts In Philadelphia - The latest court case exploring the link between Wyeth Pharmaceuticals' hormonal replacement drug Prempro and breast cancer started Tuesday in Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports...
Reform Of Primary Care Could Reduce Costly Diagnostic Errors - Errors in diagnosis place a heavy financial burden on an already costly health care system and can be devastating for affected patients. Strengthening certain aspects of a new and evolving model of comprehensive and coordinated primary care could potentially address this highly relevant, but underemphasized safety concern, say Mark Graber, M.D...
Rite Aid Agrees To Pay $1 Million To Settle HIPAA Privacy Case - Rite Aid Corporation and its 40 affiliated entities (RAC) have agreed to pay $1 million to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today...
GDC Secures Ninth Illegal Practice Prosecution Of 2010, UK - The General Dental Council (GDC), the UK's dental regulator, is continuing to push ahead in its pursuit of people practising dentistry illegally. It has successfully prosecuted the ninth person this year for the offence...
Federal Prosecutors Drop Long-Standing Fraud Charges Against Doctor From The Philippines - "Federal prosecutors have dropped charges against a doctor from the Philippines who went into hiding after being accused of scamming a military health program out of more than $1 million in the 1990s," The Associated Press reports. "The U.S. Attorney's office for the Western District of Wisconsin moved to drop a fraud indictment against Dr...
NYC Hospitals Agree To Pilot Program To Cut Medical-Malpractice Costs - The Wall Street Journal: "To cut medical-malpractice costs, five New York City hospitals have agreed to a pilot program to divulge medical mistakes early, offer settlements quickly and use special state 'health courts,' where judges will help negotiate agreements before cases go to trial. The program, funded for three years with $3 million from the federal government, aims to cut the $1...
Md. Democrats Tout Crackdown On Medicaid Fraud; Four Plead Not Guity In Calif. Medicare Fraud Case - The Baltimore Sun: "Touting a favorite program, Lt. Governor Anthony Brown said Thursday the state's health department has found $26 million in fraud and waste in the state Medicaid program. The extra cash will not close the roughly $1.5 billion deficit that awaits the winner of November's gubernatorial election, but Brown argued the extra money will help...
Study Questions Use Of Paid Medical Expert Witnesses In Malpractice Cases - A study by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers found that 31 radiologists who reviewed the CT scans used in a medical malpractice lawsuit did not agree with the conclusions reached by four paid medical expert witnesses in the case...
