CALL: 434-296-2100

E-MAIL:

Judy Fortineux, Risk Manager                              jfk6m@virginia.edu
Bruce Gehle, Legal Services Counsel               bdg5qr@virginia.edu
Rebecca West, Chief Executive Officer               rww4q@virginia.edu

• We just had a bad outcome with a patient, and the family is saying they are going to sue. Who should I call?
  
  
• We just had a bad outcome, if I say I am sorry can it be used against me?
  
  
• Patient Jones has been missing office visits or showing up late and disrupting my office. Can I dismiss him as a patient?
  
  
• My office signed for a “subpoena” addressed to me, what does this mean?
  
  
• I have been subpoenaed to a trial for a former patient of mine who was in a motor vehicle accident, can I get reimbursed for my time?
  
  
• I will be leaving UVA in two months, what happens if someone sues me a year from now over something that happened at UVA?
  
  
• The police have called and asked to meet with me informally to discuss a patient?
  
  
• The workers compensation insurance company of my patient has requested copies of my records without a release from the patient, can they do that?
  
  
• I have been asked to come to Knoxville, TN for a week to teach residents how to perform a new procedure. Will PLT cover me for malpractice?
  
  
• I want to work 5 hours every two weeks at the Free Clinic, am I covered by PLT?

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