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Healthcare Mediation
Conflicts in the healthcare industry are a regular occurrence. These conflicts can result between providers and patients, staff and family members, co-professionals, physicians and administrators, and claimants and insurance carriers. Conflicts that are unresolved can lead to an underperformance within the healthcare practice or organization. Additionally, the more severe unresolved conflicts can lead to malpractice claims, financial loss and litigation.
Healthcare mediation works with patients and providers to achieve equitable solutions to problems that may arise during the course of delivering services.
Typical areas that are addressed in healthcare mediation are:
- Dissatisfaction with treatment outcomes or quality of care
- Unexpected/adverse outcomes of care
- Medical errors
- Misdiagnosis or delays in diagnosis
- Billing issues
- Inability to communicate effectively with providers
The healthcare mediator brings the parties together to gain resolution so that high legal costs can be avoided.
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