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About HCLA & PPN

We are dedicated to reform of our nation’s broken medical liability system.

Latest Studies


  • The Prevalence and Costs of Defensive Medicine Among Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeons: A National Survey Study
    04-29-2013 | Download Study
  • On Average, Physicians Spend Nearly 11 Percent Of Their 40-Year Careers With An Open, Unresolved Malpractice Claim
    01-29-2013 | Download Study
  • Physicians Foundation Consumer Omnibus Survey
    11-19-2012 | Download Study
  • Follow up Letter from Grassley Hatch Smith on Grants
    11-19-2012 | Download Study
  • Congressional Research Service - Medical Malpractice: Overview and Legislation in the 112th Congress
    10-14-2012 | Download Study
  • Incidence and Costs of Defensive Medicine Among Orthopedic Surgeons in the United States: A National Survey Study
    02-29-2012 | Download Study
  • Personal Consequences of Malpractice Lawsuits on American Surgeons
    12-21-2011 | Download Study
  • Malpractice Risk According to Physician Specialty
    08-29-2011 | Download Study
  • Medical Liability Reform - A Case Study of Mississippi
    07-28-2011 | Download Study
  • Medical Assurance Company of Mississippi - Effect of Tort Reform on Premiums
    05-25-2011 | Download Study
  • Rasmussen Poll: Voters Favor Tort Reform by 2-to-1 Margin
    01-25-2011 | Download Study
  • American Medical Directors Association Poll and Study
    01-25-2011 | Download Study
  • American Hospital Association Framework on Medical Liability Reform
    01-10-2011 | Download Study
  • Pacific Research Institute - Medical Tort: Ranking the 50 States
    01-10-2011 | Download Study
  • The Hospital & Health System Association of Pennsylvania: Facts about Physician Supply in PA
    04-01-2010 | Download Study
  • The Hospital & Health System Association of Pennsylvania: The Medical Liability Environment in PA
    04-01-2010 | Download Study
  • American College of Surgeons - Medical Liability Reform and the States
    03-01-2010 | Download Study
  • CBO Letter on Tort Reform to Senator Orrin Hatch
    10-09-2009 | Download Study
  • Pacific Research Institute - The Facts about Medical Malpractice Liability Costs
    10-01-2009 | Download Study
  • ACOG 2009 Medical Liability Survey
    09-11-2009 | Download Study
  • Common Good Poll
    09-01-2009 | Download Study
  • Pacific Research Institute - Tort Law Tally
    04-01-2009 | Download Study
  • Testimony of Dr. James Bean
    03-24-2009 | Download Study
  • The Hamm Report on California's Medical Liability Laws
    01-01-2009 | Download Study
  • MICRA - Protecting Patients, Protecting Access
    01-01-2009 | Download Study
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Research Institute: The Price of Excess
    12-15-2008 | Download Study
  • Towers Perrin - 2008 Update on US Tort Cost Trends
    12-14-2008 | Download Study