HEALTHCARE NEUTRALTM BLOG

The Healthcare Neutral Blog will share ideas and developments in alternative dispute resolution, healthcare business and law.

CEDR Comes Across The Pond!

       The Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (“CEDR”) has been a leader in dispute resolution and conflict management worldwide for over 20 years. Based in London, CEDR operates a dispute…

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Doctors’ Crystal Ball Shows Trouble Ahead

           Hat tip to John Goodman\’s Health Policy Blog for pointing out a recent Thomson Reuters – HCPlexus survey of U.S. doctors\’ predictions on the effects of the Patient…

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Guido v. Duane Morris: Court Requires Kabuki Dance For Mediated Settlement

     Earlier this year I wrote about the oral argument before the New Jersey Supreme Court in Guido v. Duane Morris. The case concerns the plaintiffs\’ right to sue their…

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Contracting For The Unknown Using ADR

                             [Image: “Cap\’n Archie” fortune telling machine, Archie McPhee store, Seattle, Washington, March 20, 2007, by Joe Mabel]        Healthcare providers and insurers sign contracts every day that extend…

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Emotions In Mediation: Beware The Runaway Train

     Every dispute comes to mediation wrapped in emotion. Sometimes it relates to the wrong or harm arising from the conduct that triggered the dispute. Other times, it is simply…

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What’s A Doctor Worth To A Hospital?

     In the ongoing symbiotic relationship between hospitals and members of their medical staffs, it is understood that the physicians generate hospital revenue by admitting their patients and ordering tests…

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