| Department File Number : | M201679658 |
| Claim Number : | POC-H-007011 |
| Date Submitted : | 9/7/2016 |
| Insurer Information | |||||
| Insurer Name | Coverage Type | ||||
| Baptist Health South Florida | Primary | ||||
| Insurer FEIN | Professional License Number | ||||
| 65-0267668 | 0000 | ||||
| Insurer Contact Information | |||||
| Type | First Name | MI | Last Name | ||
| Individual | NANCY | CARR | |||
| Street Address | |||||
| 11440 SW 88th STREET | |||||
| City | State | Zip | |||
| MIAMI | FL | 33176 | |||
| Phone | Ext | Fax | E-Mail Address | ||
| (305) 274 - 4070 | (305) 274 - 2701 | carol.lobacz@nccrms.com | |||
| Insured Information | |||||
| Type | First Name | MI | Last Name | ||
| Individual | George | Ibars | |||
| Insurer Type | Street Address of Practice | ||||
| Self-Insurer | 6200 Sunset Drive, Suite 403 | ||||
| City | State | Zip Code | County | ||
| South Miami | FL | 33143 | Dade | ||
| Policy Number | Per Claim Policy Limits | Aggregate Policy Limits | |||
| POC1 | $250,000 | $750,000 | |||
| Profession or Business | Other Profession or Business | ||||
| Medical Doctor | |||||
| License Number | Specialty Code & Classification | Certification Number | |||
| ME56252 | Surgery - Neurology - Including Child | ||||
| Injured Person Information | |||||
| First Name | MI | Last Name | Date of Birth | ||
| Street Address | Gender | County where Injury Occurred | |||
| F | Dade | ||||
| City | State | Zip Code | |||
| Location where injury occured | Other location where injury occured | ||||
| Hospital Inpatient Facility | |||||
| Name of Institution | Code | ||||
| SOUTH MIAMI HOSPITAL | 100154 | ||||
| Location of Institutional Injury | Other Location of Institutional Injury | ||||
| Operating Suite | |||||
| Date of Occurrence | Date Reported to Insurer | ||||
| 11/6/2014 | 2/26/2016 | ||||
| Diagnostic Information | |||||
| Final Diagnosis For Which Treatment Was Sought Including Patient's Actual Condition | |||||
| MILD SOLIOSIS, MARKED DEGENERATIVE FACET CHANGES WITH NEURAL FORAMINAL NARROWING, GRADE 1, L4-L5 SPONDYLOLISTHESIS. | |||||
| Operation, Diagnostic, Or Treatment Procedure Rendered Causing The Injury | |||||
| L3, L4, L5 LAMINECTOMY; L3-4, L4-5, L5-S1 BILATERAL NEURAL FORAMINOTOMIES; L4-5, TRANSVERSE LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; INSERTION OF PEEK INTERBODY CAGE (11x11x26 mm); POSTERIOR LATERAL FUSION IN INSTRUMENTATION, L3, L4, L5, S1 (ZIMMER APEX CORICAL SCREWS); MICRODISSECTION; HARVESTING OF LOCAL BONE FOR INTERBODY POSTEROLATERAL FUSION; FLUROSCOPIC GUIDANCE AND SPINAL CORD MONITORING. | |||||
| Diagnostic Code : | |||||
| Misdiagnosis Made, If Any, Of Patient's Actual Condition | |||||
| THERE WAS NO MISDIAGNOSIS MADE OF THIS PATIENT. | |||||
| Principal Injury Giving Rise To The Claim | |||||
| POST-OPERATIVELY THE PATIENT CONTINUED WITH PAIN AND NUMBNESS FROM HER KNEES TO HER TOES. SHE SUBSEQUENTLY UNDERWENT A SECOND SURGERY BY A DIFFERENT SURGEON AT WHICH TIME THE HARDWARE WAS REMOVED. SHE CONTINUES WITH BACK PAIN AND NUMBNESS FROM HER KNEES TO HER TOES. HER ATTORNEY ALLEGED MISPLACEMENT OF THE CORTICAL SCREWS AND FAILURE TO TIMELY REMOVE THEM RESULTING IN NERVE DAMAGE. THIS CASE WAS SETTLED WITHOUT AN ADMISSION OF LIABILITY AND AS A BUSINESS DECISION TO AVOID PROTRACTED LITIGATION AND POTENTIAL PERSONAL AND EXCESS EXPOSURE TO THE PRACTITIONER. | |||||
| Severity Of Injury | |||||
| Permanent: Minor - Loss of fingers, loss or damage to organs. Includes non-disabling injuries. | |||||
| Legal Information | |||||
| Date of Suit | Circuit Court Case Number | ||||
| *NR | |||||
| County Suit Filed in | Date of Final Disposition | ||||
| *NR | 9/6/2016 | ||||
| Other Defendants Involved in this Claim | |||||
| South Miami Hospital | |||||
| Stage of Legal System at which Settlement was Reached or Award Made | |||||
| Within the pre-suit period as set forth in 766.106 (more than 90 days before suit is filed). | |||||
| Final Method of Claim Disposition | |||||
| Settled by parties | |||||
| Court Decision | Other | ||||
| No Court Proceedings. | |||||
| Arbitration | |||||
| Claim subject to arbitration, but settlement reached in lieu of award. | |||||
| Date of Payment | |||||
| 8/18/2016 | |||||
| Financial Information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Was there a settlement Resulting in payment to the Plaintiff? | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Indemnity Paid by Insurer on behalf of Insured | $250,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Loss Adjust Expense Paid to Defense Counsel | $11,328 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| All Other Loss Adjustment Expense Paid | $12,707 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Injured Person's Total Non-Economic Loss | $250,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Deductible | $0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Injured Person's Total Economic Loss | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Safety Management Steps Taken by Insured to Make Similar Occurrence Less Likely | |||||||||||||||||||||
| INSURED DISCUSSED CASE WITH DEFENSE COUNSEL AND CLAIM CONSULTANT. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Updates | |
| No updates found. |
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| Department File Number : | M201575208 |
| Claim Number : | POC-H-006397 |
| Date Submitted : | 7/15/2015 |
| Insurer Information | |||||
| Insurer Name | Coverage Type | ||||
| Baptist Health South Florida | Primary | ||||
| Insurer FEIN | Professional License Number | ||||
| 65-0267668 | 0000 | ||||
| Insurer Contact Information | |||||
| Type | First Name | MI | Last Name | ||
| Individual | NANCY | CARR | |||
| Street Address | |||||
| 11440 SW 88th STREET | |||||
| City | State | Zip | |||
| MIAMI | FL | 33176 | |||
| Phone | Ext | Fax | E-Mail Address | ||
| (305) 274 - 4070 | (305) 274 - 2701 | carol.lobacz@nccrms.com | |||
| Insured Information | |||||
| Type | First Name | MI | Last Name | ||
| Individual | George | Ibars | |||
| Insurer Type | Street Address of Practice | ||||
| Self-Insurer | 6200 Sunset Drive, Suite 403 | ||||
| City | State | Zip Code | County | ||
| South Miami | FL | 33173 | Dade | ||
| Policy Number | Per Claim Policy Limits | Aggregate Policy Limits | |||
| PIC 2011/12 PIC 10 | $250,000 | $750,000 | |||
| Profession or Business | Other Profession or Business | ||||
| Medical Doctor | |||||
| License Number | Specialty Code & Classification | Certification Number | |||
| ME56252 | Surgery - Neurology - Including Child | ||||
| Injured Person Information | |||||
| First Name | MI | Last Name | Date of Birth | ||
| Street Address | Gender | County where Injury Occurred | |||
| F | Dade | ||||
| City | State | Zip Code | |||
| Location where injury occured | Other location where injury occured | ||||
| Hospital Inpatient Facility | |||||
| Name of Institution | Code | ||||
| BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF MIAMI | 100008 | ||||
| Location of Institutional Injury | Other Location of Institutional Injury | ||||
| Patients' Room | |||||
| Date of Occurrence | Date Reported to Insurer | ||||
| 10/16/2012 | 9/29/2014 | ||||
| Diagnostic Information | |||||
| Final Diagnosis For Which Treatment Was Sought Including Patient's Actual Condition | |||||
| L5-S1 paracentral extruded disc. | |||||
| Operation, Diagnostic, Or Treatment Procedure Rendered Causing The Injury | |||||
| None. | |||||
| Diagnostic Code : | |||||
| Misdiagnosis Made, If Any, Of Patient's Actual Condition | |||||
| There was no misdiagnosis made of this patient. | |||||
| Principal Injury Giving Rise To The Claim | |||||
| The patient had surgery scheduled but it was cancelled because she failed to obtain cardiac clearance and labs. She was admitted to the hospital via ED with intractable back pain and was initially evaluated by another neurosurgeon. She did not have any changes in her neurological status. She remained in stable condition over the next several days and was scheduled for elective surgery. The day prior to the scheduled surgery, she developed signs of Cauda Equina syndrome and was later taken to surgery by this physician, where a left L5-S1 minimally invasive discectomy and microdisection without incident. She has residual urinary retention requiring self-catheterization. | |||||
| Severity Of Injury | |||||
| Permanent: Minor - Loss of fingers, loss or damage to organs. Includes non-disabling injuries. | |||||
| Legal Information | |||||
| Date of Suit | Circuit Court Case Number | ||||
| *NR | |||||
| County Suit Filed in | Date of Final Disposition | ||||
| *NR | 4/30/2015 | ||||
| Other Defendants Involved in this Claim | |||||
| JOY ARRIAGA, Jose Baptist Hospital of Miami, Inc. | |||||
| Stage of Legal System at which Settlement was Reached or Award Made | |||||
| Claim or suit abandoned. | |||||
| Final Method of Claim Disposition | |||||
| No Payment Made | |||||
| Court Decision | Other | ||||
| No Court Proceedings. | |||||
| Arbitration | |||||
| Claim not subject to Arbitration. | |||||
| Date of Payment | |||||
| Financial Information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Was there a settlement Resulting in payment to the Plaintiff? | No | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Indemnity Paid by Insurer on behalf of Insured | $0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Loss Adjust Expense Paid to Defense Counsel | $5,224 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| All Other Loss Adjustment Expense Paid | $15,064 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Injured Person's Total Non-Economic Loss | $0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Deductible | $0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Injured Person's Total Economic Loss | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Safety Management Steps Taken by Insured to Make Similar Occurrence Less Likely | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Not applicable. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Updates | |
| No updates found. |
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