by PPN | Aug 30, 2022 | New Mexico, New York, Newsletter, North Carolina, Uncategorized
Fixing the Ill Effects of New Mexico’s Liability Changes While efforts in 2021 to modernize medical liability laws in New Mexico were well-intended, the aftereffects have left a gap in coverage for hospitals and outpatient health care facilities (OPHCFs) that...
by PPN | Jun 30, 2022 | Iowa, Kansas, National, Newsletter
Defensive medicine brings inflation to health care costs As inflation touches on every aspect of consumer prices, health care costs have been continually increasing due to the practice of defensive medicine — and could go up even higher from here. An opinion piece in...
by PPN | May 31, 2022 | Iowa, Kansas, National, Newsletter
Modernizing MICRA To head off a November ballot measure that would have eliminated MICRA and its long-standing success in reforming California’s medical liability system, an agreement was announced to modify MICRA for the benefit of patients and physicians. Passed in...
by PPN | Apr 28, 2022 | Iowa, Kansas, National, Newsletter
Attempt to Expand Informed Consent Harms Patient Care The Supreme Court of Washington state is reviewing a case that could have damaging implications in the delivery of patient care if informed consent is expanded beyond its current standards. As it stands, informed...
by PPN | Mar 30, 2022 | Connecticut, Florida, National, Newsletter
HCLA actively advocates for Good Samaritan protections This month, the Health Coalition on Liability and Access (HCLA) voiced its support for federal Good Samaritan legislation, actively advocating that Congress include the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act...
by PPN | Feb 28, 2022 | Iowa, National, Newsletter
Ask Congress to address COVID-19 liability now The continued fight against the COVID-19 pandemic threatens our frontline medical professionals and the practices and facilities where they provide patient care with the potential for a flood of unwarranted medical...
