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S1 Ep191: When a negative review becomes defamation, with Michael Pelagalli of Minc Law
In a June survey from reputation management company rater8, 55% of adults said they had walked away from at least one physician because of something they read online. When one of those reviews is fake or false, Michael Pelagalli, J.D., says HIPAA leaves physicians with very little they can say in a public reply, and federal regulators have fined practices that said too much.
Medical Economics Associate Editor Austin Littrell sat down with Pelagalli, a partner at Minc Law, a Cleveland firm that works exclusively on internet defamation and online reputation matters.
Pelagalli explains the…
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