What do I do? What comes next? These are two likely responses to learning you’ve had a complaint filed against you with the Medical Board of California. First, you need to relax. There’s a big difference between a complaint and a disciplinary action. You’ll have...
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Are you under investigation by the California State Bar?
On Behalf of Century Law Group, LLP | Jan 16, 2020 | Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Relax. Take a deep breath. Clear your head. It may be startling to receive a letter of investigation from the California State Bar, but you want to keep perspective. You want to take the investigation seriously, but it doesn’t need to be cause for panic. The State Bar...
Did you receive a notice from the Board of Registered Nursing?
On Behalf of Century Law Group, LLP | Jan 13, 2020 | Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Nursing can be a rewarding profession. As much as it can wear you down, it can leave you knowing, each day, that you made a difference. There aren’t many other professions in which you might save so many lives or help so many people recover their health. Nor are there...
Coping with malpractice suits and medical board reviews
On Behalf of Century Law Group, LLP | Dec 6, 2019 | Ethics & Professional Responsibility
If you have ever been the target of a malpractice suit or medical board investigation, you’re not alone. You’re also not alone if it left you surprised, shocked, angered, stressed or depressed. More physicians get sued for malpractice than don’t. According to...
Minor sanctions may now affect your Medicare eligibility
On Behalf of Century Law Group, LLP | Dec 3, 2019 | Ethics & Professional Responsibility
The CMS recently sent out the updated Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, and it could change everything. For starters, formerly benign Medical Board sanctions could now cost you your Medicare billing privileges.As reported by Policy & Medicine, the changes all hinge...
Three doctors must face the Medical Board for vaccine exemptions
On Behalf of Century Law Group, LLP | Nov 27, 2019 | Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Every health care professional understands the power and purpose of vaccinations. Since the world has started orchestrating large-scale vaccinations, we have nearly eradicated several diseases that used to plague our societies. That’s why California recently...
Some considerations relevant to the California Medical Board
On Behalf of Century Law Group, LLP | Oct 21, 2019 | Ethics & Professional Responsibility
We stress a noteworthy point on our website at the regarding the regulatory challenges that routinely face physicians and other health care workers practicing across California.Those hurdles are many and exacting. We note that,...
What is license portability, and why is it important?
On Behalf of Century Law Group, LLP | Oct 8, 2019 | Ethics & Professional Responsibility
One think-tank principal notes that California’s professional licensing laws “have become so encrusted and bureaucratic that they often serve as an unnecessary barrier for skilled people who want to legally work in our state.” State Senate Bill 679 directly addresses...
Spotlighting the California Department of Insurance
On Behalf of Century Law Group, LLP | Sep 25, 2019 | Ethics & Professional Responsibility
A segue into any discussion on the California Department of Insurance might logically lead off with this rhetorical question: How big is it? Well, it’s … big. Truly big. As in the largest consumer agency in the state. The CDI isn’t prominently about self-touting on...
Keen CA State Bar focus: fee splitting with non-attorney partners
On Behalf of Century Law Group, LLP | Sep 13, 2019 | Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Murky. That might logically be one apt adjective relevant to the parameters of so-called “non-attorney fee splitting” in California. State Bar authorities have a problem with any scenario in which a licensed California attorney shares fees with a nonlawyer in a client...
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