Medical negligence claim can be a nightmare for both doctors as well as for the patients. These cases are basically sought by patients who have been injured or harmed due to mistaken diagnosis or poor medical treatment from a medical provider such as a nurse, doctor, hospital, medical worker or technician.
1. Medical Negligence Claim
Four Steps to take in Medical Negligence
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Medical negligence claim can be a nightmare for both doctors as well as for the patients.
These cases are basically sought by patients who have been injured or harmed due to
mistaken diagnosis or poor medical treatment from a medical provider such as a nurse,
doctor, hospital, medical worker or technician.
Four Steps to take in Medical Negligence claim-:
1. Contact your Medical service provider-: Firstly, you should contact the medical
service provider who works with you rather than filling the claim without his knowledge.
Your main aim should be to make him understand what’s wrong happened in the
service he provided to you. After this, let him determine it is something that can be
curable or not. In most cases, doctors or any other medical worker are willing to
perform free services to correct that problem or provide a solution against it.
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4. 2. Reach to the nearest Medical Licensing Board-:If contacting the medical service
provider does not help you, you may now contact the medical licensing board that
issues and maintain medical licenses. While Medical licensing boards cannot order the
medical service provider to reimburse you, they can issue warnings notice provider
and able to provide you instruction about your next steps.
3. Know the time limit of your claim-: It is important to know how much time you have
to legally bring the claim. All medical claims, including medical negligence claim
cases, have some time limits in which they must be filed. These time limits, called
“statutes of limitations,”. Check the state laws and double sure about the time period in
which you legally can file the claim.
4. Get a Certificate of Merit-: Now, many states require patients to have which is
commonly termed as a “certificate of merit”. So, that there will be no doubt left whether
the injuries patient suffered was the result of negligence. To have a “certificate of
merit”, you must reach out for an expert in this field, usually another medical worker
such as physician, to look on your previous medical records and certify that the current
injury happened due to negligence of medical provider. The person or physician that
you hire will now apply for the “Certificate of merit”.
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5. 5. Out-of-Court Settlement-:Medical negligence claim cases can be costly and even
time consuming, that is why almost all claims are settled out of court room.
Additionally, because claims insurance companies deny a large part of medical
negligence claims, it will be best for you if you settleout-of-court. If you know that your
case is strong then go for court settlement and apply for large settlement.
Conclusion-:
A well-qualified medical negligence claim lawyer can make the real difference between
getting compensation by your claim and receiving nothing. An experienced lawyer will
advise you on each steps, he even point out strength as well as weakness of your claim.
So, a good first step is to find the right lawyer for your case. Don’t think and only expensive
lawyer can provide better solution to your case. If you find and contact someone, who
understand your problem and have some good previous history you may find better solution
by spending less cost.
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