Comments on: Behind the $200 million verdict http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/12/behind-200-million-verdict.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:15:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/12/behind-200-million-verdict.html/comment-page-1#comment-82130 Anonymous Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:43:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/12/behind-the-200-million-verdict.html#comment-82130 It actually started when this UNLICENSED person was hired to do a PA job.<br/>The article clearly states that the supposed midlevel failed the PA exam on multiple occasions. This suggests that he did not have the knowledge base to be working in an ER.<br/>How he was credentialed is mystifying.<br/><br/>It is not that surprising that the jury penalized the medical group or the MD for not knowing that he was not a licensed PA. It actually started when this UNLICENSED person was hired to do a PA job.
The article clearly states that the supposed midlevel failed the PA exam on multiple occasions. This suggests that he did not have the knowledge base to be working in an ER.
How he was credentialed is mystifying.

It is not that surprising that the jury penalized the medical group or the MD for not knowing that he was not a licensed PA.

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