by PPN | Feb 27, 2014 | Newsletter
Protect Patients Now Volume 9, Issue 2 February 2014 Newsletter E-Newsletter Special points of interest: Kentucky Takes Quick Steps to Curb Medical Lawsuit Abuse Wisconsin Acts to Protect Provider Apologies Efforts to Raise Reasonable Liability Limits Looms Large in...
by PPN | Feb 24, 2014 | California, News
SACRAMENTO–Seeking to avert a costly initiative battle, state Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) has introduced a bill to serve as a vehicle for a legislative compromise on California’s medical malpractice law. The measure is brief:...
by PPN | Feb 21, 2014 | News
A panel of medical experts would review proposed medical malpractice claims against health care providers before they could be pursued in court under a bill the Kentucky Senate passed this week. The party-line vote in the Republican-led Senate followed a contentious...
by PPN | Feb 19, 2014 | News
FRANKFORT, KY. — A bill to set up review panels in medical malpractice cases passed the Senate on Wednesday after more than an hour of debate on a 23-13 party-line vote. That vote came hours after sponsor Chairwoman Julie Denton’s Health and Welfare Committee voted...
by PPN | Feb 18, 2014 | News, Wisconsin
The state Assembly approved on a voice vote Tuesday on a bill that would let doctors and other medical providers apologize or express fault for botched medical procedures without having to worry their words would be used against them in court. Similar “I’m sorry”...