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Kaiser cannot avoid class claims that it failed to provide medically necessary treatments required by the Mental Health Parity Act
Posted May 25, 2023

Futterman v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (Apr. 25, 2023, A162323) __ Cal.App.5th __ [2023 WL 3070944], ordered published May 17, 2023

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Hospital’s failure to disclose an ER fee supports a claim under the Consumer Legal Remedies Act
Posted May 24, 2023

Naranjo v. Doctors Medical Center of Modesto, Inc. (2023) 90 Cal.App.5th 1193

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DHCS has no mandatory duty to “deem audited” any unaudited cost reports and data after three years
Posted May 18, 2023

Crestwood Behavioral Health, Inc. v. Baass (May 1, 2023, C094882) __ Cal.App.5th __ [2023 WL 3166593]

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Doctor’s irregular prescription of controlled substances to family member is good cause for disclosure of family member’s private medical information
Posted April 13, 2023

Kirchmeyer v. Helios Psychiatry Inc. (Feb. 14, 2023, A165128) ___ Cal.App.5th ___ [2023 WL 2518258]

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Plaintiffs suing public entities for medical negligence must meet both Government Claims Act and MICRA deadlines
Posted March 28, 2023

Carrillo v. County of Santa Clara (Mar. 13, 2023, B322810) ___ Cal.App.5th ___ [2023 WL 2469717]

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MICRA applies when ambulance passengers are injured during a collision
Posted March 22, 2023

Lopez v. American Medical Response West (Mar. 15, 2023, A161951) __ Cal.App.5th __ [2023 WL 2518511]

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Nursing facility’s arbitration agreement is unenforceable against cognitively impaired patient
Posted March 14, 2023

 

Algo-Heyres v. Oxnard Manor LP (Feb. 28, 2023, B319601) ___ Cal.App.5th ___ [2023 WL 2257761]

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Acute care hospital needed no additional license or approval to operate drug detoxification center
Posted February 2, 2023

State ex rel. Rapier v. Encino Hospital Medical Center (Dec. 21, 2022, B302426, B303196) __ Cal.App.5th __ [2022 WL 18396584], modified and ordered published Jan. 20, 2023

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Medical malpractice plaintiffs lack standing to seek declaratory relief challenging MICRA’s constitutionality
Posted January 11, 2023

Dominguez v. Bonta (F082053 & F082208, Dec. 19, 2022) __ Cal.App.5th ___ [2022 WL 17752246], ordered published Jan. 6, 2023

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Preservation letter is not notice of intent to sue under CCP § 364; confidential mental health records are sometimes admissible
Posted January 11, 2023

McGovern v. BHC Fremont Hospital, Inc. (Dec. 21, 2022, A161051) __ Cal.App.5th __ [2022 WL 17828959], ordered published Jan. 4, 2023

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Plaintiffs may withdraw from arbitration if hospital doesn’t timely pay arbitration fees
Posted January 10, 2023

Williams v. West Coast Hospitals, Inc. (Dec. 22, 2022, H049177) __ Cal.App.5th __ [2022 WL 17881773]

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Hospital immune from civil liability for reporting to National Practitioner Data Bank that doctor surrendered privileges while under investigation
Posted November 16, 2022

Wisner v. Dignity Health (Oct. 18, 2022, C094051) __ Cal.App.5th __ [2022 WL 16706648], certified for partial publication Nov. 4, 2022.

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Breach of confidentiality claim under the CMIA requires proof that medical information was “actually viewed” by an unauthorized party
Posted October 25, 2022

Vigil v. Muir Medical Group IPA, Inc. (Sept. 26, 2022, A160897) __ Cal.App.5th __ [2022 WL 10239738], ordered published Oct. 18, 2022

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Negligently performing an MRI scan does not substantiate an elder abuse claim
Posted October 20, 2022

Kruthanooch v. Glendale Adventist Medical Center (Oct. 4, 2022, B306423) __ Cal.App.5th __, 2022 WL 5126799

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Ambulance company owed a general duty of care to a patient who jumped out of a moving ambulance while being transported
Posted October 12, 2022

T.L. v. City Ambulance of Eureka, Inc. (Sept. 29, 2022, A162508) __ Cal.App.5th __ [2022 WL 4544295]

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The litigation privilege entitled hospital to anti-SLAPP dismissal of physician’s claims arising out of peer review proceedings
Posted September 30, 2022

Bonni v. St. Joseph Health System (Aug. 23, 2022, G052367) __ Cal.App.5th __ [2022 WL 4232964]

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Medical malpractice claim for a child’s still birth does not accrue when autopsy fails to determine cause of death
Posted September 30, 2022

Kernan v. Regents of the University of California (Aug. 29, 2022, A162750) __ Cal.App.5th __ [2022 WL 4363156], ordered published Sept. 20, 2022

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Agent authorized to make health care decisions under an Advanced Directive may not bind patient to nursing facility’s arbitration agreement
Posted September 2, 2022

Logan v. Country Oak Partners, LLC (Aug. 18, 2022, B312967) __ Cal.App.5th __ [2022 WL 3500353]

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Hospital not liable for staff physician’s alleged malpractice under actual or ostensible agency theories
Posted September 2, 2022

Franklin v. Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital (Aug. 8, 2022, B311482) __ Cal.App.5th __, 2022 WL 3151202, ordered published August 22, 2022

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Hospitals have no duty to post signs disclosing the ER fees published in the chargemaster
Posted July 18, 2022

Saini v.