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Medical Director for a Skilled Nursing Facility? Some Points to Consider…

Originally Published February 2012 in The Exchange - Issue 1 It is common for physicians to act as medical directors for skilled nursing facilities (SNF), particularly when physicians have a large number of patients in residence at a facility. Physicians may erroneously believe that their liability exposure as medical director will be low if a claim for substandard care is brought against the SNF. Recently, MIEC has seen an increase in the number of lawsuits in which a physician is named as a defendant being sued in his/her capacity as a treating physician and as medical director of a SNF....

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