Health Law Reporter Index-Summary

KANSAS

– Collateral source rule no bar to proof of hospital treatment write-offs in negligence case (Kan.), 814
– HIPAA

– – Ex parte access to physicians treating medical malpractice plaintiff (D. Kan.), 1648
– – Medical records and ex parte interviews with plaintiff's treating physician, limited disclosure (D. Kan.), 811

– Noneconomic damages cap challenge (Kan.), 589

KENTUCKY

– Arbitration, physician and hospital must arbitrate employment contract dispute (W.D. Ky.), 1017
– Autism coverage, new law sets benefit requirements, 651
– Common business interest qualified privilege applies to slanderous remarks hospital staff made to staffing agency about temporary physician (Ky.), 1256
– HIPAA

– – Federal jurisdiction, no substantial questions (W.D. Ky.), 1316
– – Ky. hospitals notify patients about missing computer storage devices, 646

– Licensing

– – Chiropractor unlicensed, automobile insurer may recoup payments (W.D. Ky.), 190
– – Drug enforcement records admissible in proceeding against physician (Ky. Ct. App.), 1562
– – LSCs, proposed rules, FTC letter, 233

– Medi-Share, religious group's medical care expense sharing program qualified as insurance (Ky.), 1243
– Medicaid, GlaxoSmithKline average wholesale prices settlement, 1275
– Noncompete clause does not apply to physician terminated without cause, only confidentiality claims allowed (W.D. Ky.), 317
– Peritonitis due to undetected duodenal ulcer, failure to stabilize, EMTALA violation (Ky. Ct. App.), 1066
– Racial discrimination complaint, termination due to drug documentation errors, RN's retaliation claim (6th Cir.), 1131
– Statutes of limitations, fact question about date of discovery (6th Cir.), 218

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