On behalf of Goldsmith & Goldsmith, LLP | Aug 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
EMTALA presents an interesting and potentially effective tool for attorneys representing those who are underserved medically. The author, an attorney and medical doctor, is a partner with Goldsmith Ctorides & Rodriguez in Englewood Cliffs. The management of the...
On behalf of Goldsmith & Goldsmith, LLP | Aug 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
A recent article in the New York Times raised the question of a patient’s right to obtain copies of their own medical records and the difficulty in doing so. Representing patients we have experienced the same frustration. It would appear that everyone can get...
On behalf of Goldsmith & Goldsmith, LLP | Aug 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
At a lecture some years ago, a psychiatrist described one of his patients whose problems were felt to be instructive to the group. To draw a complete picture for the audience, certain physical characteristics were included in the overall description. By the time the...
On behalf of Goldsmith & Goldsmith, LLP | Aug 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
Vaccines by and large are beneficial and in many cases are required. I personally have had multiple vaccines and have had my children vaccinated. During the course of my practice of law I have seen Polio disappear, no Small Pox, and until recently the absence of...
On behalf of Goldsmith & Goldsmith, LLP | Aug 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
In the HMO era, patients are giving up choice but still are being saddled with the bills The author, an attorney and medical doctor, practices law as a partner in Goldsmith Ctorides & Rodriguez in Englewood Cliffs. Over the past three years our office has seen a...
On behalf of Goldsmith & Goldsmith, LLP | Aug 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
The author, an attorney and medical doctor, is a partner with Goldsmith Ctorides & Rodriguez in Englewood Cliffs. Medical science is advancing rapidly in the field of genetics. Watson’s and Crick’s Nobel Prize-winning discovery of gene strands in the...
On behalf of Goldsmith & Goldsmith, LLP | Aug 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
The author, an attorney and medical doctor, is a partner with Goldsmith Ctorides & Rodriguez in Englewood Cliffs. As medical practice has evolved over the last 50 years, we have seen great changes in the manner in which treatment has been rendered. The general...
On behalf of Goldsmith & Goldsmith, LLP | Aug 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
The arrogance of some medical professionals never ceases to amaze me. The manner in which they interact and treat patients is for some professionals a exhibit of their attitude that I know everything and do not have to explain anything to these people. The attitude...
On behalf of Goldsmith & Goldsmith, LLP | Aug 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
The latest form of Nursing Home Abuse are attempts by the nursing home to seize resident’s assets. This is a new form of earlier actions. The first case we saw related to a nursing home accepting a sum from a widow for lifetime care. This sum under their current...
On behalf of Goldsmith & Goldsmith, LLP | Aug 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
The author, an attorney and medical doctor, is a partner with Goldsmith Ctorides & Rodriguez in Englewood Cliffs. When one considers whether or not an individual is “credentialed” one often considers the background and training of a physician and not...
