Healthcare Neutral ADR Blog
This blawg discusses issues and developments at the intersection of alternative dispute resolution and healthcare law.
Author: Richard J. Webb is the founder of Healthcare Neutral, which is located in Califon, N.J.
Blawg Related Categories: Alternative Dispute Resolution • Health Law • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from Healthcare Neutral ADR Blog
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Unintended Harm Really Does Hurt Less
Dan Ariely's Predictably Irrational blog pointed me to a recent article in Economist.com called "Malice Aforethought." The article reviews a study in Psychological Science by Drs. Kurt Gray and Daniel Wegner of Harvard University…
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Will Healthcare Reform Spread The Wealth To Primary Care?
Yesterday's Wall Street Journal Health Blog had a post by Jacob Goldstein on the potential struggle brewing between primary care physicians and specialist physicians over the need to free up more money…
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Welcome Betsy Ryan's Healthcare Matters Blog!
I recently learned that Betsy Ryan, the President and CEO of the New Jersey Hospital Association, has started a blog called "Healthcare Matters." It appears as part of the New Jersey Hospital…
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What It Means To Be Neutral
[An astronaut training in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at the NASA Johnson Space Center] I recently read an excellent commentary in the New Jersey Law Journal (195 N.J.L.J. 95, January 12, 2009, page…
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Balance Billing For Healthcare Services - Who Will Be Left Holding The Bag?
One of the hottest areas for disputes in the healthcare industry is the practice of "balance billing" of patients by non-participating providers for services reimbursed by the patient's insurer at less than the provider's…
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The Mediator's Proposal: Too Much Of A Good Thing?
Attorney John DeGroote, in his Settlement Perspectives blog, wrote last week about "The Mediator's Proposal: A Great Tool For Yesterday's Disputes." As John defines it, a "mediator's proposal" is: "...a set of settlement terms…
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AHLA Offers Practical Toolkit For Managing Healthcare Conflicts
Before you head off for the long Thanksgiving weekend, consider signing up for a teleconference to be held next Tuesday that you might otherwise miss in the post holiday crush. The American Health Lawyers…
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Caught In The Legal Recession?
Legal periodicals these days are filled with stories about the effects of the current economic downturn on the legal profession. Some offer dire…
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Honoring Those Who Serve On Veterans' Day
Fellow mediator and blogger Nancy Hudgins points out a great site to explore on this day in honor of those who serve in our nation's military. "Any Soldier Dot Com" will give…
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Living With Hall Street v. Mattell Under The New Jersey Arbitration Act
I wrote here previously about the options faced by healthcare lawyers considering the use of an arbitration agreement following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Hall Street Associates, L.L.C. v. Mattell, Inc. As I…