by PPN | May 30, 2015 | Newsletter
Patient Protection Measures in Place in Missouri Over the past three years, following the repeal of limits on non-economic damages, patients in Missouri were left vulnerable as physicians considered relocation or closure. Now, the Governor of Missouri has ensured that...
by PPN | May 18, 2015 | News, Pennsylvania
The number of medical malpractice case filings statewide has dropped to its lowest point in a decade and a half of tracking. Plaintiffs’ lawyers filed 1,463 such cases in Pennsylvania’s civil courts in 2014, according to the Administrative Office of...
by PPN | May 10, 2015 | Michigan, News
Doctors have many tests and procedures to choose from when treating you. But is it possible to have too much of a good thing? It is. Overuse and waste in medical care—which include ordering more tests and treatment than scientific evidence supports—make up as much as...
by PPN | May 8, 2015 | Missouri, News
Limits on monetary damages in medical malpractice lawsuits have been reinstated in Missouri. Gov. Jay Nixon signed Senate Bill 239 into law Thursday at SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital in Jefferson City. The state’s Supreme Court overturned the previous...