by PPN | Nov 29, 2018 | Kentucky
SOURCE: Insider Louisville – https://insiderlouisville.com/government/state/kentucky-supreme-court-strikes-down-medical-review-panels-upholds-right-to-work-law/ The Kentucky Supreme Court Thursday issued opinions striking down the law creating medical review...
by PPN | Aug 30, 2018 | Connecticut, Kentucky, Newsletter
The reality of defensive medicine With projections about the cost implications of defensive medicine in the hundreds of millions of dollars, a new study showed greater insight into how physicians treated patients when they were not subject to the threat of lawsuits....
by PPN | Aug 30, 2018 | Kentucky
The Aug. 5 story by Andrew Wolfson on Kentucky’s new Medical Review Panel (MRP) process would have readers believe our legal liability system was working flawlessly before the new law was enacted. Perhaps that was true for the personal injury lawyers and TV stations...
by PPN | Jul 30, 2018 | Kentucky, Michigan, Nevada, Newsletter, Oregon, Texas, Wisconsin
Wisconsin court preserves reforms – and access to care A decision this month by Wisconsin’s state Supreme Court kept intact liability reforms that have placed reasonable limits on noneconomic damages and resulted in lower health care costs for patients and physicians....
by PPN | Jul 30, 2018 | Kentucky
With Kentucky continuing to rank among the worst in the country in terms of legal liability climate, legal liability reforms are at the forefront of legislative discussions for many policymakers in the state. Sen. Ralph Alvarado, a doctor from Winchester, said one of...
by PPN | Jul 30, 2018 | Kentucky, Michigan, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Wisconsin
Medical liability reform is a high state legislative priority for the AMA. Not surprisingly, then, it is also a high priority for the Litigation Center for the American Medical Association and State Medical Societies. Evidence of this is the Litigation Center’s...